Ice Island (2012)
“Tatum threw off her covers. “Again?”
She didn’t bother getting dressed, just shuffled in her long underwear down the hall. She opened the door and stared into the dark morning. Darkness stared back. She flipped on the porch light. It gave the snow an eerie glow. “Don’t go far, okay?” Sometimes she sounded exactly like her mom.
Bandit trotted down the steps.
A few minutes later, Tatum let her back in. “You could live outside, huh, girl?” She brushed snow off Bandit’s back. “That’s what you do du...ring the Iditarod. Live in the wilderness twenty-four-seven.”
Her mom was in the kitchen on the phone to Wager Airport. With her free hand, she poured buckwheat batter onto a hot griddle. The circles bubbled up and she flipped them.
“I confirmed our flight to Nome—we leave in three days,” she said, hanging up. “The weather’s supposed to hold, if you can trust the Weather Channel.”
“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes,” they blurted at the same time, and laughed.MoreLess
She didn’t bother getting dressed, just shuffled in her long underwear down the hall. She opened the door and stared into the dark morning. Darkness stared back. She flipped on the porch light. It gave the snow an eerie glow. “Don’t go far, okay?” Sometimes she sounded exactly like her mom.
Bandit trotted down the steps.
A few minutes later, Tatum let her back in. “You could live outside, huh, girl?” She brushed snow off Bandit’s back. “That’s what you do du...ring the Iditarod. Live in the wilderness twenty-four-seven.”
Her mom was in the kitchen on the phone to Wager Airport. With her free hand, she poured buckwheat batter onto a hot griddle. The circles bubbled up and she flipped them.
“I confirmed our flight to Nome—we leave in three days,” she said, hanging up. “The weather’s supposed to hold, if you can trust the Weather Channel.”
“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes,” they blurted at the same time, and laughed.MoreLess
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