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Book Title

North Enough

Subtitle
AIDS and Other Clear-Cuts
Author 1
Jan Zita Grover
Body
Overwhelmed after her intense years as an AIDS worker in San Francisco, Jan Zita Grover moved cross-country to Minnesota, hoping to find a place north enough to feel an escape. What she didn't expect to find is the reality of the devastated landscape that makes up the north woods--massive cut-overs, land that has been logged and used beyond any easily recognizable loveliness.

However, Grover's extraordinary imagination sees similarities between this ravished landscape and the ravished bodies of her dying friends. Refusing to sentimentalize, she nevertheless finds surprising consolation in loss. From landfills that have become prime wildlife feeding areas, to the unexpected joys of fly-fishing without a hook, Grover again bears witness to something she first began to articulate in San Francisco: the "difficult beauties of deformity."

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$12.95
ISBN
ISBN
978-1-55597-235-6
Format
Format
Paperback
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Pages
Pages
170
Trim Size
Trim Size
5 1/2 x 8 1/4
Keynote
"This is a book about a possible healing where we suffer devastation. Where else do we find such understanding and strength to face the double killings of our time?"—Kim Stafford

About the Author

Jan Zita-Grover is the author of three books, North Enough (1997), Northern Waters (1999), and A Home for Dakota (Gryphon Press, 2008). She is a transplanted San Franciscan now happily living in northern Minnesota.
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