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I really liked this book, but let's be clear about what it is. Let's start with what it is NOT. This is NOT a book about dogs! It is not really a book about dog-sledding either, although it contains passages about dogsledding. This is a cross between a travel essay (Norway) and a memoir. But mostly it's a memoir. It concerns itself with Braverman's development of her sense of self from when she first left California for Lillehammer, Norway as a sixteen-year-old exchange student until she was twenty-six or thereabouts. Most of the book takes place in the village of Mortenhals in the Norwegian Arctic but a significant portion is set on Norris Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska. Here, more so than in Norway even, she learns to deal with toxic masculinity. This book has much more description of Braverman's inner states than anything external, although it contains some endearing character sketches of people she met on her journeys.
Make no mistake; this is a book about Blair Braverman and her choices. And that's not a bad thing at all!
Make no mistake; this is a book about Blair Braverman and her choices. And that's not a bad thing at all!