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

Wallis, Velma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704344246 ISBN 13: 9780704344242

Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

In this traditional Alaskan legend, two old women abandoned by their migrating tribe refuse to die in the wilderness. They irritate each other, snap and snarl as they struggle for survival, in this testament to the resilience of older women

About this title

Review:

"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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0704344246
• ISBN 13: 9780704344242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160