| A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Contributor(s): Dorris, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312421850 ISBN-13: 9780312421854 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Michael Dorris has crafted a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.47" W x 8.28" (0.67 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68769 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Michael Dorris has crafted a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. Starting in the present day and moving backward, the novel is told in the voices of the three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorris, Michael: - Michael Dorris' fiction includes A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, The Cloud Chamber, The Crown of Columbus, coauthored with Louise Erdrich, and the story collection Working Men. Among his nonfiction works are The Broken Cord, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a collection of essays, Paper Trail. |