FA: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis, 1993 HB/DJ

Two Old Women
An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
by Velma Wallis

Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from
mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the
suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women
abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Though these women
have been known to complain more than contribute, they 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
"speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness and wisdom"
Illustrated with B&W drawings, this book won the 1993 Western States Book
Award for creative non-fiction.

Epicenter Press, Fairbanks AK, 1993, possible book club (no price on
jacket), 143 pages, 5 3/4" x 8 ½", black boards with gold lettering on
spine, dust jacket, illustrated.

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Auction closes 5/12/06.