Flight of the Goose

Flight of the Goose
by Lesley Thomas

Flight of the Goose
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Author: Lesley Thomas
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2005-02-12
ISBN: 0967884217
Number of pages: 430
Publisher: Far Eastern Press

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Book Review: Top of the world
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a story about one of the last great American frontiers: Alaska. The novel takes place in 1971 / 1972, with the Vietnam war as a distant backdrop. The book covers a series of clashes beyond the war, including the clash between nature and technology / big oil companies. There seem to be several haunting premonitions of the Exxon VALDEZ disaster, which occured over a decade later.

The center of the book, however, is love story. An young, abandoned Indian woman (Gretchen) is "adopted" by Eskimos. When she reaches her late teens, an ornithologist (Leif) picks out a nearby spot to set up his base camp. He is obsessed with a certain type of geese. The courtship is awkward and somewhat unorthodox. The story is somewhat unique in that we get a 1st person view from both persons.

I believe that Leif and Gretchen seem to represent a sort of "marriage" between the native Alaskans and the white man. Even though both mean well, there is still plenty of friction in their relationship. Just as was the case in the world back then (as is the case now), there was plenty of turmoil in the world, and the turmoil spilled over into personal relationships as well.

Lesley Thomas has a knack for being a very descriptive writer, and I really did feel like I was in northern Alaska while I was reading the novel. People who enjoy this book may also like Map of the Human Heart as it is another story that centers around Alaska.

Summary of Flight of the Goose

In a remote Inupiat Eskimo village in 1971, the friendship and love between a young female shaman, a traditional hunter and a draft-dodging ecologist leads to tragedy.

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