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An Alaska story of trust, love of family and triumph over adversity
It’s Okay Mom is the true Alaskan story of Linda Thompson, mother of three children, all with challenges. It begins with life in the wilderness of Lake Clark region before her first son is born. Once baby Erik is in her arms, people want her to institutionalize him. When her twins are born, she faces life and death at the hospital. Her husband’s job slowly draws him away when they move to the capital, Juneau, and he becomes the Director of Subsistence under Governor Sheffield. The marriage is slowly crushed. Linda returns to the wilderness of Alaska to be a Bush teacher, raising her surviving boys alone, standing by them no matter what. It’s Okay Mom is a story of trust, love of family, and triumph over adversity.
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Review by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
With It’s Okay Mom’s opening pages, it’s clear Linda Thompson’s story is no simple, life-is-easy memoir. Nor is she one to choose a smooth path. Picture pregnant Thompson leaving the remote and tiny (population 300) Alaska community of Nondalton by dogsled for an even more remote site. Her’s is a powerful story of survival. … And, after what she has already endured, it is a story that undoubtedly continues with each new challenge she faces.
An Alaska story of trust, love of family and triumph over adversity
It’s Okay Mom is the true Alaskan story of Linda Thompson, mother of three children, all with challenges. It begins with life in the wilderness of Lake Clark region before her first son is born. Once baby Erik is in her arms, people want her to institutionalize him. When her twins are born, she faces life and death at the hospital. Her husband’s job slowly draws him away when they move to the capital, Juneau, and he becomes the Director of Subsistence under Governor Sheffield. The marriage is slowly crushed. Linda returns to the wilderness of Alaska to be a Bush teacher, raising her surviving boys alone, standing by them no matter what. It’s Okay Mom is a story of trust, love of family, and triumph over adversity.
NOTE—
Review by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
With It’s Okay Mom’s opening pages, it’s clear Linda Thompson’s story is no simple, life-is-easy memoir. Nor is she one to choose a smooth path. Picture pregnant Thompson leaving the remote and tiny (population 300) Alaska community of Nondalton by dogsled for an even more remote site. Her’s is a powerful story of survival. … And, after what she has already endured, it is a story that undoubtedly continues with each new challenge she faces.
