Helpful Score: 6
An amazing triad of stories written in the views of Grandmother, Mother and Daughter. One of my favorite stories, it is the tale of Rayona and her life on and off the reservation. Most of the jokes are inside jokes that Native American would understand, but would go undetected by one not familiar with the culture. Heartfelt and tender, this is a book to read and keep to be read over and over.
Helpful Score: 4
What a beautiful touching book. Following three generations of women and their lives on an Indian reservation. The characters are so real and likeable, I became very attached to them. I almost didn't want this to end.
Helpful Score: 4
Starting in the present and moving backward in time, this is the thrice-told tale of three women...15 year old part black Rayona, searching for a way to find herself...her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by both tenderness and resentment toward the people she loves...and the fierce and mysterious Ida, the mother and grandmother whose haunting secrets, ancient betrayals, and undying dreams echo silently through th years, bonding and braiding together the three strands of their shared past===and future
Helpful Score: 3
It has been a number of years since I have read this novel, but it remains in my upper stata of favorite books. Beautifully written, compelling characters, an absolutely gorgeous ending. What a loss to the literary world!
Helpful Score: 2
Excellent and amazing. By American Indian author Michael Dorris, a gripping family tale.
Helpful Score: 2
It's been years since I read this book, but I remember loving it and being surprised it was written by a man. He quickly became one of my favorite authors, along with his wife, Louise Erdrich. His death was a loss to the literary world.
Helpful Score: 2
Fun to read and the three main characters are all complex and interesting. I'm recommending this to all my friends.
Helpful Score: 1
Absolutely loved this book.
The way Mr. Dorris braided the story of the 3 kinfolk women was skillful.
The story gave me a front row seat about life on the reservation.
The main characters were spellbinding. Through Mr. Dorris's writing, he evoked both pity and admiration for their lives from the reader.
I was sorry when I turned the last page.
The way Mr. Dorris braided the story of the 3 kinfolk women was skillful.
The story gave me a front row seat about life on the reservation.
The main characters were spellbinding. Through Mr. Dorris's writing, he evoked both pity and admiration for their lives from the reader.
I was sorry when I turned the last page.
Helpful Score: 1
This was a very interesting character study. The author does a great job of getting "into the heads" of each of the three women. Not something you read if you are looking to lighten up, but there is a spark of hope for the human condition in spite of the tragedy. A month after I read the book I can still spend time thinking about it.
Helpful Score: 1
A well-written novel about the relationships of 3 women - mother, daughter and grandmother. You learn the stuggles of each generation. It is very thought provoking. A great book.
This was assigned to my 10th grade son in English class and I picked it up out of curiosity one day and couldn't put it down! Excellent book! I'll be looking to get a copy of my own soon enough!
I read this book very long ago, but it remains in my mind as a brilliant novel. Three generations of women find that the threads of their lives are tied together with secrets, dreams, and betrayals...as well as tenderness and love. Unusual book, a great read.
Mysterious, suspenseful reading.
Uniquely written.
One of the best books I've read all year.
This book was a little difficult to get into, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Good story of 3 women in one family
I loved this book!
Well written
a classic...
everyone should read this book
a classic...
everyone should read this book
Great story about 3 generations of Indian women. It moves back in times. There are many hardships but also many joys that occur to the women. Everyone I have recommended this book to have enjoyed it.
A great story of how a family's life decisions' effects the members of every generation thereafter for years to come. A great insight into the psychological depths of these three characters. A definite page-turner.
Michael Dorris does an excellent job in writing from the perspective of 3 generations of indian women - all with very distinctly different voices.
A shame that this book sat on my bookshelf for many years while I passed it up for more current novels. Michael Dorris drew me in with his vivid, poetic words and captured me with his interesting, multidimensional characters. Dorris begins the story in present day and works back to the past and it works. I dreaded coming to the end of this novel.
Wonderful, touching, lyrical story of three fascinating women who span the age gamut. One of my favorite books.
A fascinating look at three generations of the women of an Indian family in the Pacific Northwest. Thoughtful character development.
Read this in two different book groups about 15 years apart. Enjoyed as much the 2nd time as I did the 1st. Should also read his Cloud Chamber (same characters different generation)>
Very interesting book. Didn't figure out the secret! Loved how they divided the book into 3 parts with each story.
Sad and strange stories.
Excellent story of three generations of women. Told from the youngest to the oldest, each generation holds surprises that the succeeding generation was not aware of. All three are heroic in their own way and misunderstood by the successors.
How does the experience of one generation affect succeeding generations? A unique generational saga, "Yellow Raft" is related by three voices: daughter, mother, and grandmother. And it proceeds in that order, from the present, to the past, to the far past! The reader's questions are answered in retrospect - wouldn't appeal to everyone, but I found it fascinating. Gave me a new view of life on a Native American reservation.
Enjoyed this book about a teanager on her own. A different kind of book.
This is a must read.
A fascinating story with incredibly interesting characters
A great multi-generational story of 3 Native American women
Michael Dorris's contemporary classic novel is a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship.
SPELLBINDING
Great Book
The cover of this book is slightly worn. Overall the book is in very good condition.
