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Quiet Until the Thaw
Quiet Until the Thaw
by Alexandra Fuller
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From the Publisher: From bestselling memoirist Alexandra Fuller, a debut
novel. Lakota Oglala Sioux Nation, South Dakota. Two Native American
cousins, Rick Overlooking Horse and You Choose Watson, though bound byblood and by land, find themselves at odds as they grapple with theimplications of their shared heritage. When escalating anger towards theinjustices, historical and current, inflicted upon the Lakota people by the
federal government leads to tribal divisions and infighting, the cousins go
in separate directions: Rick chooses the path of peace; You Choose,violence. Years pass, and as You Choose serves time in prison, Rick findshimself raising twin baby boys, orphaned at birth, in his meadow. As thetwins mature from infants to young men, Rick immerses the boys within
their ancestry, telling wonderful and terrible tales of how the whole world
came to be,…
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Writer Alexandra Fuller is an expert in cultural appropriation, intentional and not. She was raised in Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) and her childhood was dominated by violence and drinking and the constant battle to hold onto "their" land, aword in quotes that Fuller explored brilliantly in her debut memoir "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight." Her parents and a
lover inspired several more memoirs; now Fuller has embraced fiction with "Quiet Until The Thaw." Fuller is a white woman
born in England and growing up in Africa, but says she felt a sense of coming home, of kinship among the Lakota OglalaSioux Nation peoples of South Dakota. Saying, in essence, yeah, she doesn't really care if you don't think this is "her" storyShare This Book
About The Author
Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in
1969. In 1972, she moved with her family toa farm in southern Africa. She lived in Africauntil her midtwenties. In 1994, she moved toWyoming.
Release Info
List Price: $25.00 (Hardcover)
Published: June 27, 2017
Publisher: Penguin Press
Pages: 288
ISBN 10: 0735223343
ISBN 13: 9780735223349
to tell. She weaves a tale spanning generations and wars, from Vietnam to Desert Storm; a story of cousins who respond to
the unceasing burden of life in very different ways; a myth of beginnings and ends and beginning again. Fuller gets deep
under the skin of the world view of the Lakota, never ennobling them in some awful patronizing way but honoring them by
telling this particular, unvarnished story of prison and murder and babies born in a storm and strong women and indifferentWhite People and sadness and...not joy exactly but endurance. Lakota language and Lakota myth are woven throughout,along with a black-humored streak. It's funny and distinctive and utterly unlike anything Fuller has done before except likeher best work, it too feels risky and alive. -- Michael Giltz
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Quiet Until the Thaw
Quiet Until the Thaw
by Alexandra Fuller
Price: $25.00 (Hardcover)
MorePublished: June 27, 2017
Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast)
From the Publisher: From bestselling memoirist Alexandra Fuller, a debut
novel. Lakota Oglala Sioux Nation, South Dakota. Two Native American
cousins, Rick Overlooking Horse and You Choose Watson, though bound byblood and by land, find themselves at odds as they grapple with theimplications of their shared heritage. When escalating anger towards theinjustices, historical and current, inflicted upon the Lakota people by the
federal government leads to tribal divisions and infighting, the cousins go
in separate directions: Rick chooses the path of peace; You Choose,violence. Years pass, and as You Choose serves time in prison, Rick findshimself raising twin baby boys, orphaned at birth, in his meadow. As thetwins mature from infants to young men, Rick immerses the boys within
their ancestry, telling wonderful and terrible tales of how the whole world
came to be,…
Rate This Book
Add To Wishlist
|Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf
Get This Book
Personalize / Add More ChoicesGo to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where
you can get this book.
What We Say
Writer Alexandra Fuller is an expert in cultural appropriation, intentional and not. She was raised in Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) and her childhood was dominated by violence and drinking and the constant battle to hold onto "their" land, aword in quotes that Fuller explored brilliantly in her debut memoir "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight." Her parents and a
lover inspired several more memoirs; now Fuller has embraced fiction with "Quiet Until The Thaw." Fuller is a white woman
born in England and growing up in Africa, but says she felt a sense of coming home, of kinship among the Lakota OglalaSioux Nation peoples of South Dakota. Saying, in essence, yeah, she doesn't really care if you don't think this is "her" storyShare This Book
About The Author
Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in
1969. In 1972, she moved with her family toa farm in southern Africa. She lived in Africauntil her midtwenties. In 1994, she moved toWyoming.
Release Info
List Price: $25.00 (Hardcover)
Published: June 27, 2017
Publisher: Penguin Press
Pages: 288
ISBN 10: 0735223343
ISBN 13: 9780735223349
to tell. She weaves a tale spanning generations and wars, from Vietnam to Desert Storm; a story of cousins who respond to
the unceasing burden of life in very different ways; a myth of beginnings and ends and beginning again. Fuller gets deep
under the skin of the world view of the Lakota, never ennobling them in some awful patronizing way but honoring them by
telling this particular, unvarnished story of prison and murder and babies born in a storm and strong women and indifferentWhite People and sadness and...not joy exactly but endurance. Lakota language and Lakota myth are woven throughout,along with a black-humored streak. It's funny and distinctive and utterly unlike anything Fuller has done before except likeher best work, it too feels risky and alive. -- Michael Giltz
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