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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Author
Michael Dorris
Narrator
Barbara Rosenblat
Publish Date
1 December 2012
Run Time
14 hours 30 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age
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Michael Dorris' contemporary classic novel is 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. Starting at the present day and moving back in time, the novel is told in the voices of three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona, searching for a way to find herself; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother, whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past—and their future.

Critics Review

  • “Memorable...Marvelous.”

    The Washington Post

  • “Vivid, intense...Straight from the heart.”

    Newsday

  • “Powerful and deeply evocative...Michael Dorris has created a set of Characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own.”

    Mademoiselle

  • “Dorris imbues the breath of verisimilitude into each gesture, word, and memory of three unforgettable women characters.”

    Booklist (starred review)

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Details
Author
Michael Dorris
Narrator
Barbara Rosenblat
Duration
14 hours 30 minutes
Release Date
1 December 2012
ISBN
9781620649350
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age

Synopsis

Michael Dorris' contemporary classic novel is 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. Starting at the present day and moving back in time, the novel is told in the voices of three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona, searching for a way to find herself; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother, whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past—and their future.

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