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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival Paperback - 2013

by Velma Wallis


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"No one should miss this beautiful legend." --Tony Hillerman

Velma Wallis's award-winning, bestselling novel about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winter

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, 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).

From the rear cover

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).

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  • Title Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
  • Author Velma Wallis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 20 ANV
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, NY USA
  • Date 2013-11-05
  • ISBN 9780062244987 / 0062244981
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.14 x 5.11 x 0.41 in (18.14 x 12.98 x 1.04 cm)
  • Reading level 1030
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
    • Geographic Orientation: Alaska
    • Seasonal: Winter
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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