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The Seal Wife
The Seal Wife
Author: Kathryn Harrison, Fred Stella
A stunning and hypnotic novel by "a writer of extraordinary gifts" [Tobias Wolff], The Seal Wife tells the story of a young scientist and his consuming love for a woman known as Aleut. In 1915, Bigelow is sent to establish a weather observatory in Anchorage, Alaska, and finds that nothing has prepared him for the loneliness of a railroad town of...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781593351502
ISBN-10: 159335150X
Publication Date: 6/10/2004
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Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD
Book Type: MP3 CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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A different look into life in Alaska during WWI. A rare, lyrical read.
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This book was interesting--but not recommended for readers who are unaccustomed to Kathryn Harrison's style of writing. Harrison has a tendency to include long passages of details that sometimes slows the story down; this can be either beautiful or annoying to the reader. But if you can look past the sometimes arduous chapters, the story is quite fascinating.
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Taut and silent, a novel of a strange love


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