{"product_id":"a-yellow-raft-in-blue-water-paperback","title":"A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dorris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Dorris has crafted a fierce saga of three generations of Native American women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. Starting in the present day and moving backward, the novel is told in the voices of the three women: fifteen-year-old part-Black Rayona; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Dorris\u003c\/b\u003e's adult fiction includes \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crown of Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Louise Erdrich, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eWorking Men\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his nonfiction works are \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Cord\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003ePaper Trail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.28 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yellow Raft in Blue Water\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754261709088,"sku":"9780312421854","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/71ec4f8a555c34ca1644b105386668c8.webp?v=1780036671","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-yellow-raft-in-blue-water-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}