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Around this time of year, I start to realize how shamefully lazy I am.  All I want to do is sit around in my sweatpants.  My cat feels the same way, apparently, because he currently has his face smooshed up against my arm while he snoozes on the blanket.  If I move, he moves his smoosh with me.

If winter has you in a funk and you’d much rather read about an adventure instead of having one of your own, check out the memoir This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace.  The book releases March 5, 2019 from Grand Central Publishing.

I’m all about nature and everything, but have never wanted to spend time in the cold winters of Alaska.  Reading about it is good enough for me! Hopefully Kristin’s story will inspire me to get up and move.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend’s cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months.  In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend’s eight sled dogs.

THIS MUCH COUNTRY is the story of renewal and transformation. It’s about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It’s about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kristin Knight Pace was born in Fort Worth, TX and graduated with honors from The University of Montana with a degree in photojournalism. After writing for several newspapers and magazines, she left the publishing world to lead a life worth writing about — one of adventure. In 2009, she took to the road with her two dogs and drove north to Denali National Park, where her quiet life revolved around the nurturing of 10 dogs and the maintenance of a remote cabin. What was supposed to be a five-month stay turned into years on end, and now she has found and married the love of her life, become the Lead Backcountry Ranger for Denali National Park, and realized her dream of running dogs through the wilderness of Alaska. Kristin finished the 2015 Yukon Quest and the 2016 Iditarod.

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