Solar Storms
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Linda Hogan,<i> Solar Storms </i>tells the moving, “luminous†(<i>Publishers Weekly</i>) story of Angela Jenson, a troubled Native American girl coming of age in the foster system in Oklahoma, who decides to reunite with her family.<BR><BR>At seventeen, Angela returns to the place where she was raised—a stunning island town that lies at the border of Canada and Minnesota—where she finds that an eager developer is planning a hydroelectric dam that will leave sacred land flooded and abandoned. Joining up with three other concerned residents, Angela fights the project, reconnecting with her ancestral roots as she does so.<BR> <BR>Harrowing, lyrical, and boldly incisive, <i>Solar Storms </i>is a powerful examination of the clashes between cultures and traumatic repercussions that have shaped American history.