The Ski Jumpers by Peter Geye
#literarynovel, Action adventure, character driven fiction, coming of age, domestic fiction, family drama, literary fiction, midwestern fiction, Minnesota Fiction, Minnesota interest, mystery, Nature, sense of place, Sense of Place Fiction Lin Salisbury #literarynovel, Action adventure, character driven fiction, coming of age, domestic fiction, family drama, literary fiction, midwestern fiction, Minnesota Fiction, Minnesota interest, mystery, Nature, sense of place, Sense of Place Fiction Lin Salisbury

The Ski Jumpers by Peter Geye

Geye writes with a musicality that soars above the complex plot of The Ski Jumpers. The novel moves back and forth in time and place – moving from Duluth, where Jon and his wife currently live, to the North Woods of Minnesota where he visits his daughter and her partner, and to Minneapolis, where Jon and his brother Anton grew up skiing in Theodore Wirth Park and jumping from the Highland Ski Jump in Bloomington. If you’re a fan of arresting family dramas with a bit of a twist, complex and provocative characters, breathtaking landscapes wrapped in luminous prose, The Ski Jumpers is your next read.

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Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope through Healing the Planet by Kinari Webb
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Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope through Healing the Planet by Kinari Webb

The summer after graduating from college, Kinari Webb traveled to Indonesia Borneo to study orangutans but after witnessing the devastating effects of deforestation in the region, and realizing that it was negatively effecting the health of the community, she enrolled at Yale School of Medicine to become a doctor. Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet, is Webb's memoir about her efforts to mitigate climate change and provide affordable health care to the people of Indonesia Borneo.

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Jordermoder: Poems of a Midwife by Ingrid Andersson
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Jordermoder: Poems of a Midwife by Ingrid Andersson

Andersson understands that life turns on passion, as much as breath. It is this capability, this lesson learned at her mother’s elbow and reinforced at the dovetail of delivery, that makes Andersson’s tender poems linger.

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The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
#literarynovel, #native voices, author interview, historical fiction, Minnesota interest, Native American Authors, native american history, Native Voices, Nature, Sense of Place Fiction, women's history Lin Salisbury #literarynovel, #native voices, author interview, historical fiction, Minnesota interest, Native American Authors, native american history, Native Voices, Nature, Sense of Place Fiction, women's history Lin Salisbury

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

In her profoundly moving first novel, THE SEED KEEPER, Diane Wilson tells the story of Rosalie Iron Wing and her family’s struggle to preserve their cultural heritage. Flashing back and forth in time from Rosalie’s present day, to her early childhood, to the lives of her ancestors, Wilson reveals the devastation wreaked by white settlers on the family’s way of life.

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The Guide by Peter Heller
Action adventure, character driven fiction, Eco/Action Adventure, literary fiction, Nature, nature writing, Sense of Place Fiction Lin Salisbury Action adventure, character driven fiction, Eco/Action Adventure, literary fiction, Nature, nature writing, Sense of Place Fiction Lin Salisbury

The Guide by Peter Heller

Peter Heller, best-selling author of THE RIVER is back with a gripping eco-action adventure, THE GUIDE, featuring protagonist Jack from his previous novel. Jack comes to Kingfisher Lodge as a fishing guide to recover from a recent loss. The lodge is nestled in a canyon on a pristine river and serves an elite clientele. Jack is assigned to guide Alison, a famous singer who knows how to cast a line. But soon after his arrival, he realizes that there is more going on at the lodge than fishing.

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