A Council of Dolls

Mona Susan Power

Mariner Books

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c/o HarperCollins Publishers

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Blackstone Audiobooks

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9780063281097, $30.00, HC, 304pp

https://www.amazon.com/Council-Dolls-Mona-Susan-Power/dp/0063281090

Synopsis: From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, "A Council of Dolls" by novelist Mona Susan Power is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.

Sissy, born 1961: Sissy's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy's ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even...