Juneau author publishes book of grandmothers' wisdom.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

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Susan Stark Christianson, a Juneau writer and owner of Christianson Communications, an advertising and public relations firm, recently completed a three-year effort to publish her first book: "Women's Voices: The Wisdom of the Grandmothers."

The book set out to find answers to important life questions, Christianson said. The author and the three women who traveled with her on a north-to-south journey interviewed mothers and grandmothers from the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Alaska and across the United States. A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to help fund a women's center in...