The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew

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The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew

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This text tells the tale of Mattie as she grows from childhood, torn from her home as her family set off across America to Indian territory. Her mother dies on the journey leaving Mattie to raise the other children with no-one to show her how to be a woman.

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The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew

This text tells the tale of Mattie as she grows from childhood, torn from her home as her family set off across America to Indian territory. Her mother dies on the journey leaving Mattie to raise the other children with no-one to show her how to be a woman.

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Rilla Askew is the author of Strange Business, a collection of stories, and of the novel The Mercy Seat, nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award and winner of the Western Heritage Award and the Oklahoma Book Award. She divides her time between the San Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma and upstate New York.
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ISBN 13 9780140265156
ISBN 10 0140265155
Title The Mercy Seat
Author Rilla Askew
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1998-05-01
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.