{"product_id":"uncommon-weather-richard-chiappone-9781646426362","title":"Uncommon Weather: Alaska Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eUncommon Weather\u003c\/i\u003e is an eclectic mix of character-driven stories that delivers a panoramic picture of Alaska- from the cold city streets of Anchorage to picturesque but emotionally treacherous small Alaska towns; from the rough-and-tumble commercial fishing world of the distant Aleutian Islands to a remote river in the Brooks Range, where the vast and unforgiving Arctic wilderness puts romance to a severe test. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richard Chiappone's characters hail from a wide range of socioeconomic strata, each one attempting to figure out the difficult question of how best to live among others. Odd connections abound. In the seriocomic title story, a lonely middle-aged woman, weary of her austere Alaskan life and her crumbling marriage, picks up a hockey stick and a younger man and tries to brawl her way to some better future. A man diagnosed with an apparently terminal illness is caught up in a catastrophic criminal undertaking masterminded by a precocious seventeen-year-old girl. A young boy, determined to fit in with his edgier peers, goes through a metamorphosis, becoming a strange new creature he's never seen before. With sometimes hilarious missteps, each character stumbles in and out of predicaments that are by turns tender, heartbreaking, dangerous, and even violent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with great empathy and often deeply ironic, wry, and sardonic humor, these stories are a counterpoint to the usual mythos, illuminating an Alaska not usually portrayed in books, on TV, or in movies.","brand":"University of Alaska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50016333332673,"sku":"9781646426362","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781646426362.jpg?v=1772134395","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/uncommon-weather-richard-chiappone-9781646426362","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}