In the Old Days There Were Songs
Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound
of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow
machines starting up.
Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village,
understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that
celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the
old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a
strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to
find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of
self-discovery that will change his life forever.