A graduate of middlebury, heather writes obituaries for the chilkat valley news and an award winning weekly column for the anchorage daily news. I am so fond of heather lende and her writing that i could almost, almost live in. A columnist for the alaska dispatch news, she writes obituaries for the chilkat valley news and is the author of find the good, if you lived here, id know your name, and take. Heather lende author biography, plus links to books by.
I was feeling a little down and knew that i needed a mental boost. Browse audiobooks written by heather lende sorted by best selling this month page 1. I found the book while scrolling through my local elibrarys selection of selfhelp books. The alaskan landscapeso vast, dramatic, and unbelievablemay be the reason the people in haines, alaska population 2,400, so often discuss the meaning of life. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. They have five children between 15 and 22, three dogs, and a small flock of hens. Bill mckibben, author of falter this book is a fine storytold with compassion, wisdom and witabout democracy, community, and decency in smalltown america, and how to save the best of who we are.
I wonder if to be human is to know that we cant ever banish pain and ugliness from the world, only learn from it and create something beautiful and good out of it. Find the good was a sweet and easy read that inspires readers to do as the title says, find the good. My personal essays and columns have been widely distributed from npr and country living to the christian science monitor and womans day magazine where i was a contributing editor for a few years. Heather lende has contributed essays and commentary to npr, the new york. Heather lende audio books, best sellers, author bio. Apr 23, 2020 blog i finished reading the final chapter of take good care of the garden and the dogs to you from my living room yesterday evening, and i was kind of sad, and also proud that i managed to. She is also a former contributing editor at womans day, a columnist for the alaska dispatch news, and author of find the good. Shes been a columnist for publications in alaska and nationwide, published books about life in rural haines, alaska, and her third book, find the good, will be. Every thing in her life was going so well, she had many plans. That reminder even could come from an unlikely source. Heather lende came to alaska from the east coast 1982.
Kim heacox, author of john muir and the ice that started a fire. An obituary writer might be the last person readers would expect to provide wise advice, but alaska dispatch news columnist lende take good care of the garden and the dogs. Find out more about author and columnist heather lende at. Find the good as the obituary writer in a spectacularly beautiful but often dangerous spit of land in alaska, heather lende knows something about last words and lives well lived. Heather lende has lived in haines since 1984 with her husband and five children. Her first book was being published, she was doing some home remodeling, she planned a book tour. I am very pleased to present this delightful interview from heather lende, author of take good care of the garden and the dogs. Pam houston, author of contents may have shifted a beguiling evocation of smalltown life, and death. Just as i am in the middle of yet more home improvement projects inspired by my free time since not being on the borough assembly, and the anxiety of waiting for my new book to be out the official publication date of bears and ballots is june 30, which is also my birthday, so i take that as a. A columnist for the alaska dispatch news, she is the obituary writer for the chilkat valley news in haines and the recipient of the suzan nightingale mckay best columnist award from. Nbc has put in development find the good, a family drama project penned by nashville writerproducer geoffrey nauffts based on memoirs by bestselling author heather lende. Heather lende is an obituary writer in the small alaskan town of haines not your usual profession.
Heather lende books list of books by author heather lende. Books, blogs and articles from haines alaska author, heather lende. Lende was voted citizen of the year, haines chamber of commerce, in 2004. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska, and more on.
Each of her three books renders some aspect of this job and you quickly realize that community is a real practice in her small town and just how central the obituary writer is in conveying the beauty and laughter and tenderness of each life in this closeknit community. One of the best first books ive read in a long time. See all books authored by heather lende, including if you lived here, id know your name. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer. My big story is that as soon as my first book, new york times bestseller if you lived here, id know your name was published in. Thank you so much for reading what i write, especially my newest book, find the good. Now shes distilled what shes learned about how to live a more exhilarating and meaningful life into three words. Lende s second book take good care of the garden and the dogs. I was searching for something that wasnt written by a doctor no offense to them and that would just brighten up my gloomy feeling. Books heather lende find the good is a new book from a. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know your name algonquin 2005, is in its sixth printing and is a national geographic traveler magazine ultimate travel library selection.
Tiny haines, alaska, is ninety miles north of juneau, accessible mainly by water or air and only when the weather is good. Dana stabenow, new york times bestselling author of the kate shugak novels heather lende is a terrific writer and terrific company. Heather lende has contributed essays and commentary to npr, the new york times, and national geographic traveler, among other newspapers and magazines, and is a. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know. Heather lende has contributed essays and commentary to npr, the new york times, and national geographic traveler, among other newspapers and magazines, and is a former contributing editor at womans day. Of bears and ballots is about my term on the haines borough assembly, and will be published in june by algonquin books of chapel hill. Lendes view of her town and her interactions with her old and new friends, in sad and glad times, especially with the focus of her newspaper assignment, is a delight to read. Where did you get the idea for your most recent book. She has written for magazines and authored other bestselling books.
Heather lende is the author of if you lived here, id know your name. Find the good by heather lende 2015, hardcover for sale. I am the town obituary writer indie alaska youtube. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer by heather lende online at alibris.
Download and read online for free ebooks written by heather lende. Browse audiobooks written by heather lende sorted by. Listening to lende read her book was like sitting in a cafe with my one of my besties just hanging on each word that fell out of her mouth in each chapter. Joann mapson, author of owens daughter find the good is excellent company in unsteady times. Her previous bestselling books are find the good, take good care of the garden and the dogs, and if you lived here, id know your name. News from smalltown alaska, and take good care of the garden and the dogs. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your. An unlikely source delivers tidbits on living well. Author heather lende lives in remote haines, alaska population 2,000. Heather lende is the kind of person you want to sit across the kitchen table from on a rainy afternoon with a bottomless cup of tea. Please subscribe if youd like to be notified of new posts. And the title of the third find the good says it all about the books and the author. Find the good is a new book from a former obituary writer. A columnist for the alaska dispatch news, she is the obituary writer for the chilkat valley news in haines and the recipient of the suzan nightingale mckay best columnist award from the.
To contact heather or read her new blog, the news from smalltown alaska, visit. If you lived here, id know your name part annie dillard, part anne lamott, essayist and npr commentator heather lende introduces readers to life in the town of haines, alaska. Heather lende is an obituary for the chilkat valley news in haines, alaska. I hope you enjoy a moment on the chilkat river, there were glimpses of blue sky today in between spring squalls, and now its a soft gray evening and im watching, and listening, as may arrives in the backyard thanks to a little silver. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska, 2010, etc. The first book tells of the townspeople through mainly the obituaries. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your name. Either watch on this page, or click the video title to see a bigger version. Find the good family drama based on books set at nbc. Lende, who was the narrator, is an excellent storyteller. If you lived here, id know your name book by heather. My big story is that as soon as my first book, new york times bestseller if. Heather lende quotes author of if you lived here, id. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer 2015, a memoir of faith, family, and community take good care of the garden and the dogs 2010, and ny times bestseller, if you.
We went from crackling windy, wood stove roaring cold to snow, lots of it, overnight this weekend. Browse heather lendes bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The second one is about the kindness of the people of haines when the author has her terrible accident. Heather lende author biography, plus links to books by heather lende.
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