ABOUT
THE BOOK

From the opening pages of Ordinary Wolves, the voice of Cutuk tells a story from America’s last frontier. He lives with his brother, sister, and father, Abe -“our best friend, no dad at all” – in an igloo in remote Alaska. Outside, caribou, bears, moose, and ravens move under frozen pastel skies.

A day’s journey away, in the Iñupiaq village, live Cutuk’s adopted family, the Wolfgloves: Enuk, a legendary hunter; his son Melt, savaged by alcohol; Melt’s wife, Janet; and their daughter, Dawna, Eskimo princess and carrier of Sears catalogue collages and hopes for the future.
In the far distance, the grinding machine of America drones on-and approaches.