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Uncommon Weather by Richard Chiappone has my two favorite qualities in a book: a laugh-out-loud sense of humor, and deep emotions.
These short stories feature many characters I've never seen before in literary works. The protagonists include a woman on an all-female ice hockey team struggling with a teetering marriage; workers in a remote oil drilling site where few females ever visit; and a do-gooder trying to save an abandoned dog that doesn't like people.
With sharp insights and amazing one-liners, Richard Chiappone brings us right into these lives against the backdrop of current-day Alaska, rooted in majestic natural beauty,…
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