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A council of dolls : a novel / Mona Susa Power.
Van Pelt Library PS3566.O83578 C68 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Power, Mona Susan, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yanktonai Indians--Fiction.
- Yanktonai Indians.
- Indian women--Fiction.
- Indian women.
- Dolls--Fiction.
- Dolls.
- Off-reservation boarding schools--Fiction.
- Off-reservation boarding schools.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Generations--Fiction.
- Generations.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 293 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Mariner Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "A Council of Dolls is the moving and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award-winning Sioux author Mona Susan Powers, spanning four generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day"-- Provided by publisher.
- "From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried. Sissy, born 1961: Sissy's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy's ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy's life. Lillian, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an "Indian school" far from their home, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school's abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the sisters, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the girls. Cora, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the "Indian Wars," Cora isn't afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be "civilized." When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost..."-- Amazon.com.
- ISBN:
- 9780063281097
- 0063281090
- OCLC:
- 1340038999
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