A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Author: Michael Dorris

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 14 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AudioBookShelf

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

Michael Dorris' contemporary classic novel is a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. Starting at the present day and moving back in time, the novel is told in the voices of three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona, searching for a way to find herself; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother, whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past—and their future.

About Michael Dorris

Michael Anthony Dorris (1945–1997) was an American author and winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for his memoir, The Broken Cord. He and his wife, author Louise Erdrich, frequently collaborated in their writing. Michael also helped found the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth.

About Barbara Rosenblat

Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen

There's something peaceful about envisioning a yellow raft in blue water... Can you picture it? Maybe a warm summer breeze with the heat beating down on you. Serenity. Calmness. Or the vision of that raft floating in all kinds of weather be it torrential winds, waves or the gentle lapping on a windl......more

Goodreads review by Candi

"You know, it's strange, you live in a place half your life and yet the sight of it from an unfamiliar angle can still surprise you, it was as though I had never before seen that building, so small and hollowed out against the treeless land." This quote can be true about a home or a place often visit......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

3.75 A story of mothers and daughters on a Montana reservation starting in the 1980s, told from youngest to oldest so that with each section we gain deeper insight into the family history. It starts from the pov of Rayona, age 15, who is pulled from her home in Seattle, dropped off at her grandmother......more

Goodreads review by Camie

This is an emotionally dense tale of three generations of American Indian Women. It's basically one story told three times from a different POV. First we hear 15 year old Rayona 's story, who feels everyone has deserted her and now even the one ever-present person in her life, her Mother has abandon......more

Quotes

“Memorable...Marvelous.” The Washington Post

“Vivid, intense...Straight from the heart.” Newsday

“Powerful and deeply evocative...Michael Dorris has created a set of Characters so real that they seem to acquire lives of their own.” Mademoiselle

“Dorris imbues the breath of verisimilitude into each gesture, word, and memory of three unforgettable women characters.” Booklist (starred review)

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