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Grass Dancer bedazzled me few years back, so when I found out Susan Power had written a new novel, I was very excited. Sacred Wilderness does not disappoint! While both novels travel through time with a variety of characters, Grass Dancer and Sacred Wilderness are very different.
Where as the mythology in Grass Dancer is entirely Native American, in Sacred Wilderness the spirituality is an interesting blend of Native American and Catholic. This blend works beautifully! For example Catholic influ ...more
Where as the mythology in Grass Dancer is entirely Native American, in Sacred Wilderness the spirituality is an interesting blend of Native American and Catholic. This blend works beautifully! For example Catholic influ ...more
I am not good at writing reviews and this book is going to make it harder than usual. The story started off slow for me, until I began to look into the characters that Powers writes and their underlying motives. Not a religious book, but a very spiritual one that had me delving deep into myself and my beliefs -- a touching novel and one that makes you consider what matters.
This book was divided into several different story "sections" -- one that took place in present day and followed an older Native American woman who was employed by a wealthy couple as a cook/housecleaner and others that delved into the stories of the main characters' ancestors.
I loved the way this book blended Native American and Catholic spirituality (which is what drew me to the book), particularly the Virgin Mary's intuitive understanding that all beings who forged a path of peace were sacred ...more
I loved the way this book blended Native American and Catholic spirituality (which is what drew me to the book), particularly the Virgin Mary's intuitive understanding that all beings who forged a path of peace were sacred ...more
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