I believe Ms Doyle made a poor representation of the people of Kodiak, as I had lived there myself for many years and coincidentally, during the very time she writes of. It was a pretty thin veil of so many wonderful people that I know well. Kodiak's people are perhaps a different breed of individual to some but, they are honest, friendly, hard working and helpful. One doesn't make enemies very easily there but I can see that Ms Doyle perhaps left a "bad taste" to many. Her bitterness at the sacrifice that the many "real" women make daily was apparently one she couldn't cut. And, why use Quilt Shops to sell your book? It is so misleading!