STORRS, Conn. — Lying in the hammock as the lake water lapped quietly nearby, Azzi Fudd reached for her book. Fudd loves to read when she can find the time, and can almost always find the time at her family’s favorite retreat in Minnesota.
The cabin belongs to her grandparents and long has been a Fudd family sanctuary, the sort of place where the day’s biggest decision is whether or not to water ski. With just two bedrooms, it’s not nearly big enough to house Fudd, her parents, two brothers and grandparents. So the kids pitch tents (well, Fudd’s two younger brothers do hers for her) and sleep under the stars. Even as Fudd’s life has grown more hectic — or maybe because her life has grown more hectic — she finds the time to get to Minnesota. This summer, despite jetting from the East Coast to San Francisco for Steph Curry’s Curry Camp, and hosting her own camp in Washington, D.C., she stole two weeks there, enjoying the bliss of an uncluttered schedule.
Maybe it was because her mind was freer, or maybe it was simply because she needed it. For whatever reason, Fudd veered off course. She generally prefers a good bite of fiction, something with a story to lose herself in. This summer, though, she opened “The Obstacle is the Way.” Billed as a “modern take on…
