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SUMMARY:Virtual Talk with author Mona Susan Power
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DESCRIPTION:To register\, visit https://libraryc.org/theoceancountylibrary
 /60514.\nhttps://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/11686179
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>To register\, visit <a href="https://libra
 ryc.org/theoceancountylibrary/60514">https://libraryc.org/theoceancountyli
 brary/60514</a></p>\n<p>You&rsquo\;re invited to join us as Mona Susan Pow
 er chats about her newest novel&nbsp\;A Council of Dolls. This conversatio
 n highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American cultu
 re\, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and comp
 anionship in Native life: dolls.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>From the mid-century metro
 polis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people\, t
 o the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools\,&nbsp\;A Council of Dolls&
 nbsp\;is the story of three women\, told in part through the stories of th
 e dolls they carried....</p>\n<p>Sissy\, born 1961: Sissy&rsquo\;s relatio
 nship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult\, even dangerous
 \, but her life is also filled with beautiful things\, including a new Chr
 istmas present\, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness i
 n Sissy&rsquo\;s ear\, and in one especially terrifying moment\, maybe eve
 n saves Sissy&rsquo\;s life.</p>\n<p>Lillian\, born 1925: Born in her ance
 stral lands in a time of terrible change\, Lillian clings to her sister\, 
 Blanche\, and her doll\, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an &ld
 quo\;Indian school&rdquo\; far from their home\, Blanche refuses to be cow
 ed by the school&rsquo\;s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the siste
 rs\, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the girls.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p
 >Cora\, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the &ldqu
 o\;Indian Wars\,&rdquo\; Cora isn&rsquo\;t afraid of the white men who rem
 ove her to a school across the country to be &ldquo\;civilized.&rdquo\; Wh
 en teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona\, Cora discov
 ers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost...</p>\n<p>A modern
  masterpiece\,&nbsp\;A Council of Dolls&nbsp\;is gorgeous\, quietly devast
 ating\, and ultimately hopeful\, shining a light on the echoing damage wro
 ught by Indian boarding schools\, and the historical massacres of Indigeno
 us people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes 
 alive on the page. Register now to join the conversation!&nbsp\;</p>\nhttp
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