Water Mask

Water Mask is an adventurous memoir from Monica Devine, an itinerant therapist who travels to villages throughout Alaska and builds a life in this vast, captivating landscape. She traverses mountains, navigates sea ice with whalers, and whirls two thousand feet above tundra with a rookie bush pilot; she negotiates the death of her father, and the near-loss of her family's cabin on the Copper River. Her journey is exhilarating-but not without reminders of the folly of romanticizing a northern landscape that both rejects and beguiles. Reflections on family, place, and culture are woven into a seductive tapestry of a life well-lived and well-loved.

About the author

Monica Devine is an author and artist living in Eagle River, Alaska. Among her works are five children's books, including Iditarod: The Greatest Win Ever and Kayak Girl, the latter from the University of Alaska Press.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Devine
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of U of Alaska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781602233720
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-372-0
• No. of pages: 175
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Alaska Literary; Alaska Literary
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies