UA Press releases new Alaska Literary Series book
February 25, 2020
The University of Alaska Press has released a new fiction title, "Wild Rivers, Wild Rose," by Sarah Birdsall.In 1941, Anna Harker is attacked by an ax-wielding assailant in the gold-bearing ridges bordering the Alaska Range. It is this moment of savagery that propels the people of Wild Rivers, Wild Rose.
Anna’s lover, Wade Daniels, learns of the deaths of Anna’s husband and their worker, and he rushes to the hills to look for Anna and hunt the murderer. As she lies dying on the tundra, Anna relives the major events of her Alaska life while searching her memories for what could have led to the violence. Decades later, an outsider named Billie Sutherland steps into a community still haunted by the murders. Plagued by her own ghosts, Billie delves into the past, opening old wounds.
Sarah Birdsall teaches creative writing for the University of Alaska Anchorage Matanuska Susitna College branch in Palmer, Alaska. She is the author of the award-winning novel "The Red Mitten," and lives in Talkeetna, Alaska.
For more information about this title and many more please visit the UA Press website or call 800-621-2736.