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Aug 2023, 304 pages
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Jul 9, 2024, 304 pages
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Author Mona Susan Power's previous works of fiction include the novel The Grass Dancer, which won the 1995 PEN/Hemingway award. A Council of Dolls was popular with our First Impressions reviewers, earning an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars.
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Although a work of fiction, A Council of Dolls reads in part like an intensely written personal memoir describing the uprooting of Dakota children taken from their homes and sent to missionary schools for "reeducation" and how the damage done to those children and their tribes will affect their lives for generations to come. We are introduced to Lillian, Cora and Jesse; to their joys, sorrows and relationships; and to their dolls Winona, Mae and Ethel. The dolls play an important role in the young girls' lives. They are their comforters and the witnesses to their truth (Marcia C). This book covers historical events ...
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