A terrible accident leaves a man and his 18-month-old daughter stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. A modern, stylized love story.
An unconventionally told love story about a man and his daughter stranded in the Alaskan. As their struggle to survive unfolds, the father tells a love story about his wife, ending with the plane crash that left them stranded.
An excerpt:
When I was younger, I got it into my head to write a poem about freezing to death. I took a cold shower, and then sat in a lawn chair in the back yard, while snow fell around me. I wanted to sleep then as much as I do now, and I only lasted about 2 minutes in the cold backyard. I shivered so hard, my teeth hurt—the ends of my hair hurt, impossibly, I know. And I went inside and took a hot bath. I never wrote the poem, and I don’t think I’ve thought about that attempt at freezing to death since that night—until now. Now, I don’t notice which parts of my body hurt—I’m completely numb. But I do think about my daughter and how much she must hurt right now.
I snuggle her closer to my body, trying to keep her warm.