The public image of Alaska for those who live elsewhere tends to be bound up with the outdoors. But while that s not necessarily false, it s a far from complete picture. This collection of stories shows us what we're missing: Set in Alaska's cities and suburbs, homes and back roads, cars, kitchens and bedrooms, it offers not tales of adventures, but quietly powerful psychological dramas, introspective explorations of the private triumphs and failures of personal life played out in an extraordinary place.