Sarah Stonich is the author of internationally acclaimed novels These Granite Islands, and The Ice Chorus, stories which have left their marks on readers worldwide. 

March 2011- From Borealis Books, Shelter, a memoir of place: 

"Through the story of her tiny cabin in the woods, Sarah Stonich suggests – even as dark clouds of something other than bad weather gather above her cherished ridge – that the truest sense of place may be found not on the ground but in our hearts."
Micheal Perry, author of COOP

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"With imperfect timing, a single mother scrabbles for independence while hunting for a scrap of land on which to start life anew and insure a legacy of for her teenaged son, whether he wants it or not. "Scrap" turns out to be roadless, raw wilderness near the town where her émigré grandparents settled and her family name is now a postscript.  Carving out a place to share with her son (and hopefully, maybe, someone special) her endeavors are fraught with unexpected difficulties, surprises, joys and disappointments – in a word, life. When it seems outside forces might threaten all she’s struggled to build, the question is no longer will she fit in? but will she hang on?

The voice in Shelter is that of an optimistic skeptic, blending the humor and bravado necessary to survive in a place that has two seasons – both of which can kill you.  More reviews

New!  a special 10th Anniversary Edition brings These Granite Islands back into print, and to your reading device - in both Nook and Kindle.  Also in ebook at Googlebooks.com

"One of the joys of reading is coming across a book in which language is perfectly wedded to story. These Granite Islands is a marvelous first novel, confronting with humor, bravery and pathos the manner in which we construct or destroy our various loves."

Colum McCann author of Let the Great World Spin

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