This small book contains a story within a story. A woman reads to her husband, who has suffered from a stroke. She reads the same story over and over because he enjoys it so much. As the explorers in the story struggle with the harsh Labrador landscape, the present-day family watch the father/husband struggle with the inner landscape of his stroke-damaged memory. Very good and moving story. ( )

Short story of only 41 small pages about the I-figure's mother reading a story to her husband who has had a stroke a few years ago. This is the umpteenth time she reads this story to him. It is about two men and an Indian going on an ill-fated exploration trip to Labrador taking the wrong supplies. Then the I-figure's father has another stroke knocking out his short-term memory. It is no use reading stories to him anymore. Beautiful and moving story. ( )