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\n\nYou&rsquo\;re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel \ ;A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Na tive Rights and Native American culture\, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls. \;
\nFrom the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept anc estral lands of the Dakota people\, to the bleak and brutal Indian boardin g schools\, \;A Council of Dolls \;is the story of three women\, t old in part through the stories of the dolls they carried....
\nSiss y\, born 1961: Sissy&rsquo\;s relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult\, even dangerous\, but her life is also filled with b eautiful things\, including a new Christmas present\, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy&rsquo\;s ear\, and in one esp ecially terrifying moment\, maybe even saves Sissy&rsquo\;s life.
\nLillian\, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible cha nge\, Lillian clings to her sister\, Blanche\, and her doll\, Mae. When th e sisters are forced to attend an &ldquo\;Indian school&rdquo\; far from t heir home\, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school&rsquo\;s abusive nun s. But when tragedy strikes the sisters\, the doll Mae finds her way to de fend the girls. \; \;
\nCora\, born 1888: Though she was bor n into the brutal legacy of the &ldquo\;Indian Wars\,&rdquo\; Cora isn&rsq uo\;t afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the countr y to be &ldquo\;civilized.&rdquo\; When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona\, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost...
\nA modern masterpiece\, \;A Council of Dol ls \;is gorgeous\, quietly devastating\, and ultimately hopeful\, shin ing a light on the echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools\, and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page. Register now to jo in the conversation! \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Mona Susan Pow er is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel\,&nbs p\;A Council of Dolls\, \;was longlisted for the National Book Award a nd the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of three previou sly published works of fiction\, \;The Grass Dancer\, \;which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize\, Sacred Wilderness\, \;and \;Roofwalker. Her short stories have been published by \;The Atlantic Monthly\, The Paris Review\, The Best American Short Stories\, \;and more. Mona is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Iowa Writers&rsquo\; Workshop. She lives in Saint Paul\, Minnesota.
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