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16%OFFMary Beth Baptiste - Altitude Adjustment - 9780762791347 - V9780762791347
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Altitude Adjustment

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Description for Altitude Adjustment Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; JFSJ1; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 19.
Aware that her youth is slipping by, Mary Beth Baptiste decides to escape her lackluster, suburban life in coastal Massachusetts to pursue her lifelong dream of being a Rocky Mountain woodswoman. To the horror of her traditional, ethnic family, she divorces her husband of fifteen years, dusts off her wildlife biology degree, and flees to Moose, Wyoming for a job at Grand Teton National Park. In these rugged mountains, unexpected lessons from nature and wildlife guide her journey as she creates a new life for herself. Set against the dramatic backdrop and quirky ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9780762791347
SKU
V9780762791347
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Mary Beth Baptiste
Still a woodswoman at heart, Mary Beth Baptiste lives with her husband in southeast Wyoming, where she continues to add to her checkered job history. A two-time winner of the Wyoming Arts Council’s Frank Nelson Doubleday Award for Creative Writing, she has published her work in a variety of periodicals and anthologies.

Reviews for Altitude Adjustment
Many works of nonfiction refuse to take stylistic risks like the kind taken quiet often by Baptiste- splurging with words and verging on the poetic in moments of emotional overflow. Take for instance, the following passage describing the mood after she stumbles on clear signs of a nearby grizzly bear: “Time goes static. The peaks to the west eclipse the ... Read more

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