{"product_id":"roofwalker-paperback","title":"Roofwalker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Power\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a collection by the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Grass Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e, a Sioux spirit travels the night sky in search of good dreams that are rendered true when he consumes them, from a Sioux elder's hope to return to her prairie home to a Harvard student's reevaluation of the learning process.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoofwalker\u003c\/em\u003e, made up of a unique combination of fiction and nonfiction, or stories and histories, reveals the ways that native traditions and beliefs work in the lives of characters who live far from the reservation--and in the author's own life. Many of the histories repeat subjects and themes found in the stories, making \u003cem\u003eRoofwalker\u003c\/em\u003e a book in which spirits and the living commingle and Sioux culture and modern life collide with disarming power, humor, and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first seven pieces in the book are stories, fictional accounts primarily of girls and women. In the title story, a young girl believes in the power of the roofwalker spirit to make her dreams come true. In Beaded Souls, a woman is cursed by the sin of her great-grandfather, an Indian policeman who arrested Sitting Bull. First Fruits follows a native girl's first-year at Harvard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nonfiction pieces include Power's imaginary account of the meeting of her Phi Beta Kappa father and Sioux mother, a piece about the letters of an Irish ancestor and another in which Power and her mother visit the Field Museum in Chicago, where a native ancestor's dress is on display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.32 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760514564384,"sku":"9781571310415","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/64c1786e9cd5a14512a151984d9d1da1.webp?v=1780182078","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/roofwalker-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}