The Alaskan Laundry: A Lyrical Coming-of-Age Novel – A Woman Finds Her Strength on Alaska's Fishing Frontier

In waters as far and icy as the Bering Sea, a fierce, lost young woman finds herself through the hard work of fishing and the stubborn love of real friendship.
 
Tara Marconi has made her way from Philly to €œthe Rock,€ a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons. Her mother€s death left her unmoored, with a seemingly impassable rift between her and her father. But in this majestic, rugged frontier she works her way up the commercial fishing ladder€"from hatchery assistant all the way to king crabber. Disciplined from years as a young boxer, she learns anew what it means to work, to connect, and€"through an unlikely old tugboat €" how to make a home she knows is her own.   

A testament to the places that shape us and the places that change us, The Alaskan Laundry tells one woman€s unforgettable journey back to the possibility of love.