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\nMona Susan Power chats about her newest novel\, A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explo res Native Rights and Native American culture\, in particular using an imp ortant symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls . \;
\nFrom the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswe pt ancestral lands of the Dakota people\, to the bleak and brutal Indian b oarding schools\, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women\, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried... in 1961\, 1925\, an d 1888.
\nA modern masterpiece\, A Council of Dolls is gorg eous\, quietly devastating\, and ultimately hopeful\, shining a light on t he echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools\, and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love an d healing that comes alive on the page.
\nMona Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel\, A Council of Dolls\, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of t hree previously published works of fiction\, The Grass Dancer\, w hich won the Pen/Hemingway Prize\, Sacred Wilderness\, and Ro ofwalker.
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