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The Pillagers Guide To Arctic Pianos: A Novel
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For Readers Of Karen Russell, Maggie Shipstead, And Eowyn Ivey, An Exuberant, Highly Imaginative Epic About A Family That Settles, Against All Odds, In The Far Reaches Of The Arctic And The Unexpected Industry That Keeps Them Afloat For Generations.In The Far Reaches Of The Territory Of The Arctic, The Spahr Family Lives On A Fjord Accessible Only By Kayak And Float Plane, In A Landscape Rapidly Changing As Glaciers Melt And Sea Levels Rise. Their Home Is Jubilation House, Aptly Named: They Are A Family Of Free Spirit And FullHearted Love, Descendants Of The Homesteaders Who Came To This Place In A Reckless Scheme To Civilize The Glacial Front. They Live Off The Grid In A Converted FishermanS Shack, Selling Pickled Octopus And Sea Crops, Barely Scraping By. With Every Day, Their Livelihood Seems Ever More Precarious.Then One Of Their Few Neighbors Dredges Up A CenturiesOld Piano, A Vestige From The Original Homesteading Expedition, When Every Family Was Required To Haul A SixHundredPound Instrument As A Sign Of Mannerly SocietyAlmost None Made It To Their Final Destination. Now, This Intricately Carved Beauty Has Emerged, Perfectly Preserved From The Frigid Arctic Waters, And The Antique Treasure Becomes A Priceless Collectors Item. A New Economic Boom Seizes The TerritoryPiano HuntingAnd The Spahrs Throw Themselves Into The Quest With FullThroated Aplomb. But The Costs Of Their Possible Salvation Soon Begin To Mount.The Pillagers Guide To Arctic Pianos Travels Through Generations, Backward To The Spahrs Homesteader Origins And Forward To Their Descendants, Eccentrics And Optimists All. In A Voice As Buoyant And Vibrant As The Characters Themselves, Kendra Langford Shaw Gives Us An Unforgettable And Inventive Ode To The Abiding Love Of Family And Pull Of Home, Even As The Home We Love Becomes Ever More Challenging To Inhabit.
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