Elsie's Business

Beaten, raped, and left for dead at the side of a road on the Standing Rock Reservation,...
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Author: Frances Washburn
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Language: English
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Elsie's Business by Washburn, Frances

Elsie's Business

$42.93

Elsie's Business

$42.93
Author: Frances Washburn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Beaten, raped, and left for dead at the side of a road on the Standing Rock Reservation, young Elsie Roberts disappears into her self to revisit the haunts of her childhood and, perhaps, the depths of her experience to uncover the deepest mystery of all. In Elsie's Business, Elsie's search through her own memories ultimately intersects with the search of a stranger who is seeking Elsie's story.

A picture emerges of a poor child, half black and half Native, whose mother has barely eked out a living for the two of them by tanning deerskins and cleaning houses. Rebuilding her life in a different town as a housekeeper, tanner, and beader of moccasins and bags, much like her mother, the taciturn Elsie finds modest comfort and connections among the white people who employ and befriend her. But her peace is fleeting, for someone from her past, or possibly her present, would like to see her silenced completely. A mystery of mesmerizing suspense and sadness, Elsie's Business weaves the story of a ravaged woman into the traditional tales of her people to create a vivid sense of communities bound by storytelling and understanding and sundered by ignorance and silence.



Author: Frances Washburn
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.84w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780803298651


Award: Spur Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2006 pg. 808
Booklist 09/15/2006 pg. 30

About the Author
Frances Washburn is an assistant professor of American Indian studies and English at the University of Arizona.

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