{"product_id":"9781602232020","title":"Upriver","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a triumphant and satisfying feeling the first time one returns to a once-unfamiliar place and finally feels like it is home. When strangeness is shed and familiar patterns emerge, there is a deep sense of comfort that is the reward for those who venture into new places. When Carolyn Kremers moved alone to Alaska to teach in Tununak, a village on the Bering Sea, she faced the challenge of making a place for herself in the remote coastal town. Struck by both a sense of adventure and a painful longing for the familiar, she was forced to confront what it really meant to feel at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpriver \u003c\/i\u003epicks up on the story where Kremers’s previous book, \u003ci\u003ePlace of the Pretend People\u003c\/i\u003e, left off, further exploring what it means to truly love a place and how it feels to return, like a salmon swimming upriver. Setting her story in four distinct locations—Tununak, the Alaska Interior, the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, and Fairbanks—Kremers uses poetry, music, Yup’ik language, and much more to tell her story. Infused with a sense of spirituality, the book will resonate with anyone who has found a new home beyond the familiar.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Alaska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050724049136,"sku":"9781602232020","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781602232020_p0.jpg?v=1763826913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781602232020","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}