Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival - Softcover
The retelling of an Alaskan legend about two elderly women abandoned by their tribe during a severe winter famine depicts their fierce determination, desperate struggle for survival, and ultimate need to forgive
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"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
Velma Wallis is one of Alaska's bestselling authors. One of thirteen children, she was born in Fort Yukon, a small Gwich'in Athabascan community at the confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon rivers. She and her family live in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0606251278
- ISBN 13 9780606251273
- BindingPaperback
- IllustratorGrant Jim
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