false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171943324m/127810.jpg 127810 16 <p>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.</p> <p>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).</p> 528604 1993 Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival total:708|5:189|4:322|3:157|2:35|1:5| 708 2779 923 192 4 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sun May 25 08:16:53 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 09:14:28 -0700 2008 Two Old Women for her birthday, inscribed as follows: To Gran, the strongest woman I know, with love on your 90th Birthday, Abby. Apparently the women of her family, regardless of their age, did no...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 11:16:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 11:16:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 11:37:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 02:01:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 20:44:19 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 20:59:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 06:12:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 06:29:55 -0700 2009 I love what Willis has to say about storytelling : ". . . . We would always end with Mom telling me a story. (There I was, long past my...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 07 13:06:32 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 13:13:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 14:15:16 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:35:27 -0700 2009
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This is a great tale and educational tool for growing people's perceptions of what is possible against diffi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 09:57:47 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 13:44:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 14:17:46 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:21:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 23:54:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 23:57:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Jan 24 21:00:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 21:04:02 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Dec 10 18:44:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 18:45:37 -0800 2008
Two old complaining women are kicked out of an Alaska native clan camp and made to live on their own in the wilderness. They manage, they succeed, they end up helping their old clan out later during a famine.

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