{"product_id":"the-woman-who-owned-the-shadows-9781879960183","title":"The Woman Who Owned the Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Owned the Shadows \u003c\/em\u003estarts where the rest of the world leaves Indians off: at the brink of death. Ephanie Atencio is in the midst of a breakdown from which she can barely move. She has been left by her husband and is unable to take care of her children. To heal, Ephanie must seek, however gropingly, her own future. She leaves New Mexico for San Francisco, where she begins again the process of remembering, of trying to sort out the parts of her, ultimately finding a way to herself, relying no longer on men, but on her primary connections to the spirit women of her people and to the women of her own world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn absorbing, often fascinating world is created...not only is it an exploration of racism, it is often a powerful and moving testament to feminism. \u003c\/em\u003e-- The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Ephanie's search for her own definition, for her strength, for her self, is intricate and stark as the spirit shawl she weaves, a bridge between her and Spider Woman, between the old power and new pain of her people. In her history lies the seed of promise, and her journeys weave hauntingly through many realities.\u003c\/em\u003e -- Audre Lorde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Woman Who Owned the Shadows\u003cem\u003e is a book full of power...the kind of power that wells up from the earth like a hot spring, the power to change, to heal, to cleanse...\u003c\/em\u003e -- Joseph Bruchac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Woman Who Owned the Shadow\u003cem\u003es is one of the first novels by and about contemporary Indian women...It is a new form, one of many evolving in mixed-blood women's literature, circular, cyclical, bringing all time and life into the present. \u003c\/em\u003e-- Linda Hogan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Woman Who Owned the Shadows\u003cem\u003e is a book that, if you come with an honest heart, will change the way you think and feel. It will help us--all of us--to grow up...to become intelligent, caring, sensitive beings who use both sides of their brains for their perceptions. Don't miss out on it. \u003c\/em\u003e-- Judy Grahn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Paula Gunn Allen has given us...a sensitive, sophisticated, forceful portrait of a contemporary American Indian woman, a valuable addition to the increasingly impressive list of novels by American Indians.\u003c\/em\u003e -- American Indian Culture and Research Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllen, Paula Gunn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Paula Gunn Allen, Laguna Pueblo\/Sioux\/Scots\/Lebanese poet, philosopher, scholar, and teacher, was born in Cubero, New Mexico, in 1939. She received her doctorate from the University of New Mexico in 1976; her dissertation evolved into a major work of cultural criticism, \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e. Two volumes of her poetry, SKINS AND BONES and LIFE IS A FATAL DISEASE, were published by West End Press. A work of fiction, THE WOMAN WHO OWNED THE SHADOWS, was published by Aunt Lute Books. She completed the manuscript for AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL a week before her death on May 29, 2008 in Fort Bragg, California.","brand":"Aunt Lute Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647676092690,"sku":"9781879960183","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94b1f4be-6372-429f-9da6-36066a4b0633.jpg?v=1734803978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-woman-who-owned-the-shadows-9781879960183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}