A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (ARC)

Dorris, Michael

ISBN 10: 0805000453 ISBN 13: 9780805000450

Published by Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1987

Language: English

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Title

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (ARC)

Publisher

Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0805000453

ISBN 13

9780805000450

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Good+

Book Type

Advance Reading Copy

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Synopsis

Follows three generations of Indian women beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably bound together by the indissoluble bonds of kinship

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" Earns admiration from first page to last...Suspenseful, constantly gripping, original in its characters and settings, and finally, profoundly moving." -- "People"
" The writing here is powerful and deeply evocative of scene and place. Michael Dorris has created a set of characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own, almost, off the printed page." -- "Mademoiselle"
" Dazzling." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"
" Spellbinding." -- "Los Angeles Times"
" Memorable...Marvelous." -- "The Washington Post Book World"
" Vivid, intense...straight from the heart." -- "Newsday "(New York)
“Earns admiration from first page to last...Suspenseful, constantly gripping, original in its characters and settings, and finally, profoundly moving.” —"People"
“The writing here is powerful and deeply evocative of scene and place. Michael Dorris has created a set of characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own, almost, off the printed page.” —"Mademoiselle"
“Dazzling.” —"San Francisco Chronicle"
“Spellbinding.” —"Los Angeles Times"
“Memorable...Marvelous.” —"The Washington Post Book World"
“Vivid, intense...straight from the heart.” —"Newsday "(New York)
"Earns admiration from first page to last...Suspenseful, constantly gripping, original in its characters and settings, and finally, profoundly moving." --"People"

"The writing here is powerful and deeply evocative of scene and place. Michael Dorris has created a set of characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own, almost, off the printed page." --"Mademoiselle"

"Dazzling." --"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Spellbinding." --"Los Angeles Times"

"Memorable...Marvelous." --"The Washington Post Book World"

"Vivid, intense...straight from the heart." --"Newsday "(New York)

Earns admiration from first page to last...Suspenseful, constantly gripping, original in its characters and settings, and finally, profoundly moving. "People"

The writing here is powerful and deeply evocative of scene and place. Michael Dorris has created a set of characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own, almost, off the printed page. "Mademoiselle"

Dazzling. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Spellbinding. "Los Angeles Times"

Memorable...Marvelous. "The Washington Post Book World"

Vivid, intense...straight from the heart. "Newsday (New York)""

"Earns admiration from first page to last...Suspenseful, constantly gripping, original in its characters and settings, and finally, profoundly moving." --People

"The writing here is powerful and deeply evocative of scene and place. Michael Dorris has created a set of characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own, almost, off the printed page." --Mademoiselle

"Dazzling." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Spellbinding." --Los Angeles Times

"Memorable...Marvelous." --The Washington Post Book World

"Vivid, intense...straight from the heart." --Newsday (New York)

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