{"product_id":"welcome-to-the-goddamn-ice-cube-chasing-fear-and-finding-home-in-the-great-white-north-paperback","title":"Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBlair Braverman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman confronting her fears and finding home in the North.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlair Braverman fell in love with the North at an early age: By the time she was nineteen, she had left her home in California, moved to Norway to learn how to drive sled dogs, and worked as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns funny and sobering, bold and tender, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube\u003c\/em\u003e charts Blair's endeavor to become a \"tough girl\"--someone who courts danger in an attempt to become fearless. As she ventures into a ruthless arctic landscape, Blair faces down physical exhaustion--being buried alive in an ice cave, and driving a dogsled across the tundra through a whiteout blizzard in order to avoid corrupt police--and grapples with both love and violence as she negotiates the complex demands of being a young woman in a man's land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly original and bracingly honest, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube\u003c\/em\u003e captures the triumphs and the perils of the journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape that is as beautiful as it is unforgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a \"tough girl\"--a young woman who confronts danger without apology--she slowly developed the strength and resilience that the North demanded of her. Weaving together fast-paced adventure writing, ethnographic journalism, and elegantly wrought reflections on identity, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube\u003c\/em\u003e captures the triumphs and the perils of Braverman's journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape as beautiful as it is unforgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e--Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a \"tough girl\"--a young woman who confronts danger without apology--she slowly developed the strength and resilience that the North demanded of her. Weaving together fast-paced adventure writing, ethnographic journalism, and elegantly wrought reflections on identity, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube\u003c\/em\u003e captures the triumphs and the perils of Braverman's journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape as beautiful as it is unforgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52963865788723,"sku":"9780062311573","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T3ZybVJmTVdjd0lOTUM4QzRZZCtQQT09.webp?v=1768549944","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/welcome-to-the-goddamn-ice-cube-chasing-fear-and-finding-home-in-the-great-white-north-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}