The Window Author:Michael Dorris The story of Rayona Taylor, a 15-year-old in the author's novels for adults A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER and CLOUD CHAMBER. Here Rayona is an 11-year-old girl struggling to find her place in the world. When her mom's "hard nights" away from home become more frequent, Rayona's mostly absent father decides she needs a stable p... more »lace to live and puts her into foster care. After a few unsatisfactory foster care placements, Rayona is sent to stay with her father's mother, aunt, and grandmother--whom she has never even met. This is the story of how these four women come together to form a family.« less