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Haines, Alaska--accessible by water or air--has no traffic light and no mail delivery, and funerals are community affairs. Lende posts the obituaries and the social column for the local newspaper, and if anyone knows the goings-on in this close-knit town, she does.

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Bestselling writer Heather Lende goes to Washington (well, Haines, Alaska, pop. 2500) to fulfill her civic duty on the Town Council and be the change she wants to see in governmentthe results are informative, eye-opening, and highly entertaining.

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A near-fatal bicycle accident has given Lende ("If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name") a few more reasons to consider matters both spiritual and temporal. Her idea of spirituality is rooted in community, and here she explores faith and forgiveness, loss and devotion, and distinctly Alaskan adventures.