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.
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. |
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