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"In "The Fisherman's Quilt," young Nora Hunter comes to Alaska with her fisherman husband and new baby. She brings her first, fancy quilt to Kodiak Alaska, along with an idealistic vision of how she will live in America's last frontier. She will be a good person, a cherished wife, a good mother.
But almost as soon as she arrives, her husband Matt leaves to go on a fishing boat, and doubts enter Nora's life as she encounters the dark side of Kodiak culture -- drunkenness, isolation, recklessness, depression, instability and drug-taking.
Nora tells her story in first-person narrative and introspection. She struggles with the danger, loneliness, and ambition of her life; while her husband is gone for increasingly long periods at sea, she makes quilts celebrating weddings and births, new homes and fresh starts.
All the while she is worrying about Matt being at sea, longing for him to come home, and struggling to be a good mother in the midst of her insecurity and loneliness.
She realizes that she can create her own happiness and add to her community by making something beautiful every day, whether it be a quilt, or music, or a picnic.
"The Fisherman's Quilt" addresses Nora's self-exploration and discovery that courage has an everyday currency.
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Dan Stevens, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Inside culture (main char)
- Eskimo
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Alaska
Water?
Yes
Water:
- drowning
- lifeboat
- lost at sea
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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