{"product_id":"degrees-of-separation-9781772620931","title":"Degrees of Separation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt age 21, Alison hitchhiked to the Yukon and spent the summer living in a tent. Ten years later, in the deep of winter and seven months pregnant, she returns. \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e is about what happened in between.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605581512940,"sku":"9781772620931","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781772620931-degrees-of-separation.jpg?v=1778132498","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/degrees-of-separation-9781772620931","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}