{"product_id":"two-old-women-anniversary-edition-an-alaska-legend-of-betrayal-courage-and-survival-9780062244987","title":"Two Old Women [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No one should miss this beautiful legend.\" --Tony Hillerman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVelma Wallis's award-winning, bestselling tale about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community, and forgiveness \"speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness, and wisdom\" (Ursula K. Le Guin).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallis, Velma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eVelma Wallis is one in a family of thirteen children, all born in the vast fur-trapping country of Fort Yukon, Alaska, and raised with traditional Athabascan values. A writer and avid reader, she lives in Fairbanks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591933497618,"sku":"9780062244987","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_627bb222-c556-4084-a3cd-f44f8a14f032.jpg?v=1732096171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/two-old-women-anniversary-edition-an-alaska-legend-of-betrayal-courage-and-survival-9780062244987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}