{"product_id":"degrees-of-separation-a-decade-north-of-60-paperback","title":"Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison McCreesh\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The tension between free-spirited off-grid living and prosaic adult responsibility runs through Alison McCreesh's tender and loving ode to the people and landscapes of the Far North.\" --Joe Sacco, \u003ci\u003ePaying the Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt age 21, Alison hitchhiked to the Yukon and spent the summer living in a tent. 10 years later, in the deep of winter and seven months pregnant, she returns. Degrees of Separation is about what happened in between.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a decade, artist Alison McCreesh lived, worked, and travelled north of the 60th parallel. Through a combination of autobiographical stories, drawings and sketches, \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate and understated glimpse of the North as Alison experienced it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom frigid days spent killing time while stranded in the High Arctic, to the challenges of raising a baby in a small shack with no running water, it is one young woman's personal experience of both passing through and of setting down roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTinged with McCreesh's characteristic blend of humour and humanity, \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e is about the north and its vastness and its diversity. While the backdrop may seem foreign to many, this collection is also a universal exploration of those transformative years from young-adulthood to motherhood. It's a graphic novel navigating themes of connection and disconnect, between the north and the south, but also between different norths and between our different selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past fifteen years, \u003cb\u003eAlison McCreesh\u003c\/b\u003e has extensively travelled around the Arctic and sub-Arctic and contemporary day-to-day life in the North is a theme that carries through her creative work. Alison currently lives in Yellowknife where creates comics and illustrations surrounded by her two dogs and three small children. Alison's past books include the award-winning full-length graphic novel\u003ci\u003e Ramshackle: A Yellowknife Story\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the travelogue \u003ci\u003eNorths: Two Suitcases and a\u003cbr\u003eStroller around the Circumpolar World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 10 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763861291296,"sku":"9781772620931","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fcf7dbe54f7b409cb09ffad438172d53.webp?v=1780240481","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/degrees-of-separation-a-decade-north-of-60-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}