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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name, by Heather Lende

You wouldn't think life stories based around obituaries would be so charming and uplifting, but I found this collection of short stories to be both. Truly a celebration of life, and an ode to small town Alaska, Heather Lende paints a picture of Alaskan life so appealing I wanted to move next door to her. But then I remembered I don't like really cold weather and I need sunlight all year around, or at least as much as we get here in Oregon.

Heather Lende is also a contributor on NPR's and a columnist for magazines around the U.S.

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Reviewed by Korie B.