cover image Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Michael Dorris. Warner Books, $14 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-446-38787-3

This spare generational novel presents Rayona, Christine and ""Aunt'' Ida, Native American mothers and daughters bonded by blood and secrets. PW found that this masterful debut, by a Dartmouth professor of Native American studies and the husband-collaborator of Louise Erdrich, ``glows with compassion and integrity.'' (April)