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Rebuilding 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.

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"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

Elsies Business

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    A Paperback / softback by Frances Washburn

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      Publisher Bison Books
      Published 1 October 2006
      ISBN-13 9780803298651
      978-0803298651
      ISBN-10 080329865X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rebuilding 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

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