Alaska.
What do you think of when you read "Alaska"? I see polar bears, glaciers, eskimos huddling around a windling fire, igloos, and snow. Lots of snow.
I didn't really know much about Alaska before I read Upstream. Let me tell you... Alaska isn't covered in snow ALL of the time. Most people who live there don't wear bearskin coats. There are salmon with emerald faces, fireweed, tall trees, and mountains(not completely covered in cold white mush).
Melissa Lion also taught me about finding beauty in simple things. Her descriptions of everyday life are enough to look at your breakfast toast differently.
She showed me true love. Friendship, sisterhood, motherhood. The story line is beautiful. There's no other way to describe it.
Lion made me feel what Martha felt. I was hooked through it all. I cried myself to sleep like a dork after I read it.
I wish all of you could read this book, because it is something VERY special worth sharing.
I give it ten hearts out of ten.
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