Two Old Women, Velma Wallis
Two Old Women, Velma Wallis
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Two Old Women
An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

Author: Velma Wallis

Narrator: Megan Tooley

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2024

Synopsis

"No one should miss this beautiful legend." —Tony HillermanVelma Wallis’s award-winning, bestselling tale about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winterBased 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.Though 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).

About Velma Wallis

Velma 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam on November 12, 2023

Native American Heritage Month This is an Athabaskan tale shaped into a novel by contemporary author Velma Wallis. She lists her mother as a source and help with information as her mother is closer to the old times portrayed here. The story follows two old women, 75 and 80 years of age who are left b......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on April 16, 2025

Better to Die Trying... Than Sitting Around Waiting to Die TWO OLD WOMEN: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis No spoilers. 4 stars. Each day, after cutting wood, Mom and her children sat in their tent on the banks of the Porcupine River... Mom told the story... ... of two o......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on April 09, 2025

I loved this story of two senior women who defy expectations and find out the grit they have within themselves and the respect and love they have for each other. The younger generation were cowardly, but they learn from it. Ideally, they'll never look at the elderly the same way ever again and will......more

Goodreads review by Repellent on February 23, 2020

Chídzigyaak y Sa son dos ancianas que viven en una tribu nómada de Alaska. Con el invierno, las tierras heladas y la falta de sustento, el jefe de la tribu decide abandonar a las dos ancianas a su suerte, creyéndolas un obstáculo y una carga para la salvación de la tribu. El resto de las personas, p......more

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