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Book SynopsisRebuilding her life in a different town, the taciturn Elsie finds modest comfort among the white people who employ and befriend her. This book weaves the story of a ravaged woman into the traditional tales of her people to create a vivid sense of communities bound by storytelling and understanding and sundered by ignorance and silence.
Trade Review"An outstanding, original, engaging narrative of a native community and survivance."—Gerald Vizenor, author of
Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance"Washburn weaves together a murder tale, a story of small-town prejudice, and a bit of Native American mysticism in a haunting debut."—
Booklist"[A] blend of murder mystery and Native American legend . . . intriguing."—
Kirkus Reviews
