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Sinopsis

Rendered in intertwining passages of prose and poetry, this novel begins with the story of Indiana Redpaint, whose father traded her for a rodeo entry fee, and follows the path of her daughter, Manna, whose life has been deeply marked by her mother’s losses. Hitchhiking her way to Gallup, NM, Manna finds wholeness and healing in un-expected people and places.

Dawn Karima Pettigrew, of Cherokee and other Native descent, is an ordained minister serving the Qualla boundary reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina. She has a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.F.A. from Ohio State, and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kentucky. She is a correspondent for News from Indian Country and her work has appeared in numerous publications.

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Dawn Karima Pettigrew is the author of two novels, The Way We Make Sense (San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2002) and The Marriage of Saints (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2006) and co-author of Children Learn (Cleveland: UCC, 2005), a book about multiculturalism and spirituality in children's literature. A new book on Native American Spirituality and film is forthcoming from Mellen Press.

A former Ms. Native American Worldwide, Miss Native American Achievement, and Ms. North Carolina Achievement, Ms. Pettigrew holds a B.A. from Harvard, an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. from University of Kentucky/Trinity Seminary. As an instructor in Cherokee Studies and English, she was the first full-time writer-in-residence at Western Carolina University.

She is a member of the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, National Indian Education Association, and the Native American Journalists' Association.

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