New York: Plume Books - Penguin Books, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 273 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The author is a direct descendant of Franz Kafka. For six years, Lockhart lived alone in the Alaskan bush, supporting herself from the cockpit of a floatplane, the only white woman in the area. When two Easterners, a young man and his girlfriend, hire her to pilot them into the bush, a series of events is set in motion that will upset the delicate racial balance of the land and lead to violence. As the truth behind the couple's arrival becomes apparent, the refuge Bailey has created for herself shatters. Forced to face the demons of her unresolved past, she is given a chance to free herself at last from the secret that haunts her..

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For six years Bailey Lockhart has lived alone in the Alaskan bush, supporting herself from the cockpit of a floatplane. She is the only white woman in a land owned by the local Ingalik tribe; her closest neighbor is a fellow bush pilot and activist named Kash. Bailey and Kash are drawn to each other, but their fiercely independent natures keep them apart. When two Easterners hire Bailey to pilot them into the bush, a series of events is set in motion that will upset the delicate racial balance of the land and lead to violence. As the truth behind the couple's arrival becomes apparent, the refuge Bailey has created for herself shatters. Forced to face the demons of her unresolved past, she is given a chance to free herself at last from the secret that haunts her. Marked by spare, resonant prose and imbued with an indelible sense of place, True North tells a powerful story of adventure and survival. It is a welcome debut by a gifted new voice in literary fiction.

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 222175
Title: TRUE NORTH - A Novel
Author: Kafka, Kimberly
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: First Printing - First Thus
ISBN 10: 0452282233
ISBN 13: 9780452282230
Publisher: Plume Books - Penguin Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001
Size: 8vo
Keywords: alaska; franz kafka; eskimos; eskimo; inuit; survival; floatplane; bushpilot; wilderness;
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