Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir, (Paperback)

from juniperSun

Not as cohesive as I remember her "Dwellings" essay collection. Quite a bit of the book deals with historic abuse/disruption/dislocation experienced by Native Americans and how it still affects current generations. This concept is familiar to me as epigenetics--a new branch of medical science lin...

from Kikoa

A friend suggested that I read this as she felt it would assist me in my battle with chronic pain. Since I try everything, I immediately ordered it without researching the content. I put all other books on hold. While the sections that deal with pain are extremely profound and on target, you can ...

from lucysmom

I found Linda Hogan's memoir to be a thought provoking insight into a human being trying to get in touch with the world we live in and what it means to be a part of it. In trying to come to grips with her own physical and spiritual pain she reaches out to the world of plants and animals for guida...

from mahallett

she has had a difficult life which she is trying to, i don't know, understand but there is no understanding much of what happens, we can accept and/or try to improve our attitude to it but mostly it's very confusing. certainly life is not fair.

from tom.gsgc

I really liked the imagery invoked by much of this person's story. It pointedly identifies and confronts horrible atrocities endured by an entire continent of humans over many generations, set in motion by the immigration of others. There is no doubt in my mind that a great deal of understanding ...