Yellow+Raft+in+Blue+Water

**The Yellow Raft in Blue Water** //by Michael Dorris//

 * Description:** Michael Dorris has crafted a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship.

//Source: Borders.com//

The emotional terrain of lives led without the steady presence of fathers or husbands is common ground for the three generations of American Indian women who successively tell their stories in this absorbing novel. The bitter rifts and inevitable bonds between generations are highlighted as the story unravels and spills out a long-kept family secret. Rayona wishes that if she could stare long enough at a yellow wooden raft in the blue waters of the lake, her troubles would be resolved. Readers, too, will wish for the best in the lives of these wonderfully unique characters. -- //Keddy Outlaw, Harris Co. Public Library, Houston (School Library Journal)//
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//Source: Amazon.com//