Sacred Wilderness
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
245 pages
978-1-61186-111-2 (ISBN)
Description
A Clan Mother story for the twenty-first century, Sacred Wilderness explores the lives of four women of different eras and backgrounds who come together to restore foundation to a mixed-up, mixed-blood woman-a woman who had been living the American dream, and found it a great maw of emptiness. These Clan Mothers may be wisdom-keepers, but they are anything but stern and aloof-they are women of joy and grief, risking their hearts and sometimes their lives for those they love. The novel swirls through time, from present-day Minnesota to the Mohawk territory of the 1620s, to the ancient biblical world, brought to life by an indigenous woman who would come to be known as the Virgin Mary. The Clan Mothers reveal secrets, the insights of prophecy, and stories that are by turns comic, so painful they can break your heart, and perhaps even powerful enough to save the world. In lyrical, lushly imagined prose, Sacred Wilderness is a novel of unprecedented necessity.
Reviews / Votes
Susan Power writes with the passion, tenderness, and grace to knock down walls and expose what's been unseen. Sacred Wilderness is a feast, full of fierce love, unexpected humor, and wisdom both timely and timeless.-Rachel Kadish, author of From a Sealed Room and Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story Power's characters laugh, shout, whisper, and speak to readers long after the page has been turned, the book has been closed, the library door has been shut. With organic structure reminiscent of oral tradition and brilliant form evocative of the finest literary craft, Power's stories unveil all that is meaningful and memorable in our shared human experience.
-Ernestine Hayes, author of Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir Set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the story moves across time and space with a cast of loveable characters such as Ojibwe elder Gladys Swan and her wise cat Zhigaag. They've all come together in order to heal Candace Jenssen, yet Sacred Wilderness, the message, heals us all. A triumph!
-Leanne Howe, author of Shell Shaker Every new book by Susan Power is cause for celebration. This vibrant work is no exception. Her vision is intact: vivid, telling, honest, and transcendent. Power is a treasure and a true artist.
-Luis Alberto Urrea, award-winning author of Queen of America, Into the Beautiful North, and The Hummingbird's Daughter
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61186-111-2 (9781611861112)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Susan Power
Sacred Wilderness
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Michigan State University Press
€36.99
Available for download
Person
Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her first novel, Grass Dancer, received the PEN/Hemingway award for best new fiction. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Content
Contents
The Visitation of Gladys Swan
The Glorious Mysteries
The First Supper
Indian Confessional
Queen of the Heavens
Stations of the Cross
Sacred Wilderness
Revelations
The Confession of Ruby Two-Axe
The Time of the New Mind
The Gospel of Maryam
Assumption
Acknowledgments
The Visitation of Gladys Swan
The Glorious Mysteries
The First Supper
Indian Confessional
Queen of the Heavens
Stations of the Cross
Sacred Wilderness
Revelations
The Confession of Ruby Two-Axe
The Time of the New Mind
The Gospel of Maryam
Assumption
Acknowledgments