Both my parents instilled in me at an early age the awesome power and incredible wonder of the written word. My father sat with me when I was four years old and taught me to enjoy reading with classic comic strips like SPIDERMAN, PEANUTS, B.C. and, later, CALVIN AND HOBBES. My mother exposed me to such classics of literature as Poe, Tolkien, Stoker and Doyle, and I started my own comic collection with allowance money from mowing lawns. I liked Wolverine before it was cool, I watched as Superman died and returned, and huddled under the covers as I turned the pages of SANDMAN.
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THE WIND IS NOT A RIVER is a gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife --- separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil --- fight to reunite in Alaska’s starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands.
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—New York Times Book Review
—Ron Rash, bestselling author of SERENA and NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY
—David Vann, author of LEGEND OF A SUICIDE and CARIBOU ISLAND
—Wayne Grady, author of EMANCIPATION DAY
—Library Journal, starred review
