Tom Bodett, Author . Knopf $17.99 (197p) ISBN 978-0-679-89031-7
Bodett (Williwaw
!) gives a fresh new twist to the age-old subject of growing pains in this novel tracing two excruciating years in the life of Alaskan native Norman Tuttle. In the beginning chapters when Norman is 13 years old, most of his problems
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Tom Bodett, Author Da Capo Press $15 (160p) ISBN 978-0-201-10673-2
From the isolated town of Homer, Alaska, Bodett, a 30-year-old building contractor and National Public Radio commentator, collects thoughts and anecdotes about such things as the doubtful joys of halibut fishing and compulsive supermarket buying. PW
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Tom Bodett, Author Hyperion Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6209-2
Bodett makes like Garrison Keillor here, writing a novel that reflects the homespun values of a popular NPR series (in Bodett's case, The End of the Road) and several collections spun off from it (The Big Garage on Clear Shot, 1992, etc.). In the...
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Tom Bodett, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $11.9 (143p) ISBN 978-0-201-10661-9
From the isolated town of Homer, Alaska, Bodett, a building contractor and National Public Radio commentator, ponders the depths and trivia of life with a wisdom that belies his 30 years. This collection of thoughts and anecdotes treats with good-nat
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Tom Bodett, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $12.9 (165p) ISBN 978-0-201-13417-9
A writer for the Anchorage Daily News and a commentator on Alaska and National Public Radio, Bodett has two styles. He is a would-be humorist who evidently sees himself as a sort of sub-Arctic Andy Rooney, offering remarks on such topics as the...
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Tom Bodett, Author William Morrow & Company $16.95 (283p) ISBN 978-0-688-08701-2
Culled from Bodett's syndicated radio show, these 28 interconnected stories are reminiscent of Garrison Keillor's tales from Lake Woebegon. Here, the setting is End of the Road, Alaska. In short sketches we meet Doug McDoogan, town liar, who is...
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Tom Bodett, Author William Morrow & Company $18.95 (299p) ISBN 978-0-688-09525-3
Bodett, Alaskan humorist ( The End of the Road ), returns to the old garage in the small Alaskan town of End of the Road, a local landmark where the colorful characters in this miscellany gather to tell and retell their stories. The town has grown...
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Tom Bodett, Author Avon Books $4.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-71642-5
Alaskan humorist Bodett recounts small-town stories told and retold by colorful characters. ( Nov. )
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Tom Bodett, Author Alfred A. Knopf $17.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-679-99030-7
When 13-year-old September and her younger brother, Ivan, are left alone in their Alaskan cabin, disaster is sure to follow--that much is evident early on, given the steady stream of foreshadowing. Shortly after their father leaves for a two-week...
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