| And She Was Contributor(s): Dyson, Cindy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060597712 ISBN-13: 9780060597719 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, "And She Was" begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret--a secret that is both salvation and shame. In a tense interplay between past and present, "And She Was" explores Aleut history, mummies, conquest, survival, and the seamy side of the 1980s in a fishing boomtown at the edge of the world, where a lost woman struggles to understand the gray shades between heroism and evil, and between freedom and bondage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - Historical - American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.35" W x 8.05" (0.59 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, And She Was begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret--a secret that is both salvation and shame. In a tense interplay between past and present, And She Was explores Aleut history, mummies, conquest, survival, and the seamy side of the 1980s in a fishing boomtown at the edge of the world, where a lost woman struggles to understand the gray shades between heroism and evil, and between freedom and bondage. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dyson, Cindy: - The author of eight books for young adults, Cindy Dyson grew up in Alaska. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Backpacker, First for Women, Women's World, and other publications. She now lives near Glacier Park, Montana. |