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Two Old Women
by Velma Wallis
Description
This award-winning bestseller is based on an Athabascan Indian legend from the people of the remote upper Yukon River of Alaska. Passed along from mothers to daughters for generations, it is the tragic and shocking story--with an unexpected conclusion--of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe facing starvation brought on by unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and game. The story of survival is told with suspense by Velma Wallis, whose subject matter challenges the taboos of her past. Yet, her themes are modern--empowerment of women, treatment of the elderly, and Native American family structure.
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Translation. Rights are currently licensed in China; France; Germany; Japan; and Korea.
Reviews
"Full of adventure, suspense, and obstacles overcome..."—Kirkus Reviews
"A beautiful and moving book. Velma Wallis's writing is as lean and muscular, as full of unexpected bounties, as the far north, and readers are sure to be delighted with Two Old Women." —Washington Post
Author Biography
Velma Wallis is Alaska's contemporary bestselling author. One of thirteen children, she was born in the village of Fort Yukon, a small Gwich’in Athabascan community at the confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon rivers in Alaska. When her father died she dropped out of school to help care for her siblings, and later got a high school diploma by passing an equivalency exam. She and her family live in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Wallis continues to write.
Wales Literary Agency, Inc.
Wales Literary Agency, Inc., described as a “... discerning Seattle outfit in search of literary nonfiction and fiction from the Pacific Rim and beyond,” represents approximately 50 clients. Agency clients include Jean Hegland, author of the bestselling novel Into the Forest; nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt, the author of several books including Crow Planet and the forthcoming Rooted (Little, Brown, 2021); Berlin-based disability activist, Kenny Fries; New York Times bestelling author Heather Lende; and sex advice columnist, educator, author and activist, Dan Savage. Subjects of interest for the agency are narrative-driven nonfiction and memoirs— with particular emphasis on science, nature, social justice, politics, health, food writing, and culture— and mainstream and literary fiction, including graphic novels.
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