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# Susitna Writer's Voice - June 23, 2024, Marion Elliot and Out of the Dark: a Memior.
- URL: https://ktna.org/susitna-writers-voice-june-23-2024-marion-elliot-and-out-of-the-dark-a-memior/
- Published: 2024-06-24T21:50:11.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-24T21:50:12.000Z
- Description: After a devastating personal tragedy, Marion Elliott experienced profound sadness, the freedom of the road, and some equilibrium and joy after driving across the continent to Alaska. Out of the
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Susitna Writer's Voice, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

After a devastating personal tragedy, Marion Elliott experienced profound sadness, the freedom of the road, and some equilibrium and joy after driving across the continent to Alaska.   *Out of the Dark: a Memoir* tells some of that story. In this recording Marion reads an expert from her book.

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Marion on snowshoes.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/loading-the-train.jpg)

Residents and cabin owners load the flag-stop train to take them “up the tracks” from Talkeetna

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/marion-sillouette.jpg)

Marion skiing through the woods at the cabin