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Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

Velma Wallis

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Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.

Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community and forgiveness "speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness and wisdom" (Ursula K. Le Guin).

Format:

Pages:: 140 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Perennial

Edition:: Tenth Anniversary Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0060723521

ISBN13:: 9780060723521

kindle Asin:: B00BS8P9CM

Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

Velma Wallis

4.08/5 (11598 ratings)

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Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.

Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community and forgiveness "speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness and wisdom" (Ursula K. Le Guin).

Format:

Pages:: 140 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Perennial

Edition:: Tenth Anniversary Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0060723521

ISBN13:: 9780060723521

kindle Asin:: B00BS8P9CM

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