Alas, one of my favorite authors and thinkers, Lesley Hazelton (no relation) has passed on to the Field, ending her own life after a cancer diagnosis. Happy travels, Lesley! You will be missed. What a free thinker and courageous, erudite, compassionate soul. She was also very witty and fun - I had the honor of visiting in person over tea some years ago, when she encouraged me to keep writing. She was kind enough to write praise for Flight of the Goose, a blurb which helped me get my foot through the door - or across the dauntingly huge barrier/doorstep.
Here is her praise in full: Review
Lesley Thomas has done what would seem to be the impossible -- taken us deep inside the Inupiat world, in the voice and mind of an extraordinary young woman with still more extraordinary powers. I know of no book like this. "Smilla's Sense of Snow" is a distant second. But two movies come to mind: "Fast Runner," and "Dersu Uzala." If you love either of these movies, you'll be stunned by the depth and scope of this novel and the unique and unmistakably true voice of its heroine. And if you've never seen them, read "Flight of the Goose" first!
