Description
Set in the 1980s in the rural community of Bidarkee Bay, Alaska, a fictional area the size of a small state with a population of barely 20,000, Wander is the story of Patrice "Pete" Nash, a young broadcast reporter who finds herself facing the winter alone after her husband, Nate, accepts a job on "the slope." As Pete pursues the next big breaking news story, she strikes up a friendship with the new guy in town, the Ivy League-educated Ren, who recites poetry and lives in the family-owned, vacant inn. Their friendship offers a glimpse of a different kind of life - one that seems to Pete to offer everything marriage to the country-raised Nate does not. But unbeknown to Pete, Ren has come to Alaska for his own dark reasons - to end his life. By the time, Nate returns home, their lives have been irrevocably changed. One man is dead, two others missing and a third forever lost to them.
About the Author
Rocky Mountain News, and covered the Oregon Coast as a staff writer for The Oregonian. She is a recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship. She currently lives on the Oregon Coast with her husband Chan and shelter rescue Mugsy.
Reviews
"From the beginning, a sense of foreboding jumps from the pages of "Wander." It's there, right off the bat, in the second paragraph, introducing one of the important characters, Ren: "And he wanted to die."'
Mim Swartz, The Denver Post
Wander is a compact but fully packed story, a simple but heartbreaking tale of a woman caught to her dismay between two very different men in a harsh landscape. It's told with sharp, spot-on dialogue and efficient characterizations - unsurprisingly, given that Tobias once wrote for The Oregonian and the Rocky Mountain News."
Amy Wang, The Oregonian
Awards
Winner of Nancy Pearl Book Award for Best Book of Fiction (Literary/Mainstream) from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association 2017 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781597099899
Author Lori Tobias
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Boreal Books
Publisher Red Hen Press
Weight(grams) 181g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm
