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Ladataan... The Seed Keeper: A Novel (vuoden 2021 painos)Tekijä: Diane Wilson (Tekijä)
TeostiedotThe Seed Keeper (tekijä: Diane Wilson) LainassaPuuttuu 2023-08-08
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Didn't work for me as a novel, but that's ok. A lot of people are going to love this and really connect to it. I might enjoy her nonfiction work more. The need for real diversity in publishing is because we won't all connect to every book the same way, we need a plurality of voices from every community. I still encourage others to try this book and to learn about Dakota history in whatever format works for you. The opening poem and prologue were a perfect incentive to buy this book; they drew me in, showed me the strength of a knowledge keeper. There were parts of this full of wisdom that I will want to remind myself of many times. For this alone, I will hold on to this book. The reason for my low rating is I had a hard time supporting the main character, the many times she was silent and did not explain herself, the times she gave in to the wishes of her husband instead of standing up for what she knew to be right. It's not that I didn't understand, given time to ponder this feeling. I can understand her history (personal and familial) of oppression, of the need to hide in order to persevere. I can understand her own strong need for a home, and willingness to do anything to avoid being hungry again. But it's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted her to do anything to maintain her connection with her son. I'm left with the feeling of how poorly we humans are managing our lives, how damaging our actions are. The book is not quite hopeless--there is that last chance to make a change--but it is a desperate chance just the same. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakhóta family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most. Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakhóta people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankatoâ??where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies they've inherited. On a winter's day many years later, Rosalie returns to her childhood home. A widow and mother, she has spent the previous two decades on her white husband's farm, finding solace in her garden even as the farm is threatened first by drought and then by a predatory chemical company. Now, grieving, Rosalie begins to confront the past, on a search for family, identity, and a community where she can finally belong. In the process, she learns what it means to be descended from women with souls of ironâ??women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss, through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools. Weaving together the voices of four indelible women, The Seed Keeper is a beautifully told story of reawakening, of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and, through them, to our Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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