Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer A Story of Survival

Name: Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer A Story of Survival
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ISBN: 9780803248465

ISBN-10: 0803248466

ISBN-13: 9780803248465

Edition: 2014

Authors: Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

List price: $22.95

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Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer is Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s searching account of her life as a mixed-blood woman coming of age off reservation, yet deeply immersed in her Huron, Metis, and Cherokee heritage. In a style at once elliptical and achingly clear, Hedge Coke details her mother’s schizophrenia; the domestic and community abuse overshadowing her childhood; and torments both visited upon her—(rape and violence) and inflicted on herself (alcohol and drug abuse during her youth). Yet she managed to survive with her dreams and her will, her sense of wonder and promise undiminished.The title Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 1/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English