Title: The Woman Who Watches Over the World
First published: 2001
Description: ""I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love," says award-winning Chicksaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In The Woman Who Watches Over the World, she recounts her American Indian identity, her difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant, her love affair at the age of twelve with an older man, the legacy of alcoholism, and the troubled history of the two daughters she adopted.

She reveals how historic and emotional pain are passed down through generations, and she blends personal history with stories of important Indian figures of the past such as Lozen, the woman who was the military strategist for Geronimo, and Ohiyesha, the Santee Sioux medical doctor who witnessed the massacre at Wounded Knee. Ultimately, Hogan sees herself and her people whole again, and in doing so gives us an illuminating story of personal and spiritual triumph."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American Authors, Authors, American, Biography, Chickasaw Indians, Family, Family relationships, Indian authors, Indian women, Indians of North America, Hogan, Linda, Women, united states, biography, Indians of north america, biography
People: Linda Hogan
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3558.O34726 Z47 2001