Susan Power
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.... Sissy, born 1961: Sissy's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy's ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy's life. Lillian,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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...