People Of The Whale Pa
, by Hogan,LindaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780393335347 | 0393335348
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/17/2009
"Deeply ecological, original, and spellbinding ... [A] hauntingly beautiful novel of the hidden dimensions of life." -- Booklist, starred reviewRaised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.