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March 14, 2007 - Fifty-something socialite Amanda Bennington finds herself at an unbelievable fork in the road. Freshly divorced and bitter as hell, she can now add homeless to her life’s description.
Her father suggests that her upper class friends are not apt to appreciate a church-poor mouse in their midst. He advises her to leave Seattle and go somewhere peaceful so she can contemplate her options. To that end, he arranges a visit to her aunt’s home in Alaska.
The plane trip to Juneau adds more hostility to Amanda’s life when an arrogant, alcohol-sodden passenger interferes with her peace of mind.
After tidying herself from his expulsion of undigested food on her pricey clothes, she learns that this escapee from a gorilla cage is the pilot hired to fly her into the wilderness.
Jenny’s Lodge And Wildlife Rescue Center is not the ritzy retreat her father had described, but Amanda is determined to meet all comers with fortitude and strength. She never dreamed this intention would not only involve adapting to extraordinary people, but also have her tussling with some of Alaska’s wildest creatures.
A cantankerous raven, bent on making Amanda’s life another kind of hell, is only one of several aggressors she must endure, not the least of which is her ex-husband who believes his charm and generosity will win her back. Will Amanda stay and face the rigors of a frontier world she doesn’t understand which offers romance and excitement, or will she choose to return to the rational high-class lifestyle she has always fit?
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