Carolyn E. (swedefinn) reviewed on 3/2/2007 + 41 more book reviews

Based on an åthabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River area in Alaska, this is the suspenful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Thought these two women have been known to complain more than contribute, tey 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 will carve out a permanent place in readers' imaginations.

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