A master storyteller, Bob Poirier crafted each story as a present for a close friend or family member. He then revisited them to produce this collection. His warmth and affection for both reader and subject breathe life into everything he describes: the smell of smoke and bacon in winter bush cabins, the Alaskan Malamutes smiling as they sprint with their sleds across snow-covered lakes and rivers or the robot-like riot squad policemen marching forward on boiling hot tarmac.