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A review by okiecozyreader
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
4.5 ⭐️ rounded up
I have so much appreciation for the way Kathleen Grissom writes a fictional story based on the life of Crow Mary, a Crow woman who married a white (“yellow eyed”) man. Her father basically traded her for guns and she willingly left after her Crow husband, who she adored” was killed by animals. The first third of the book tells this story and the rest of the book tells about her marriage and what it was like to be a Crow woman in a white world.
This story is endorsed by Crow Mary’s great-granddaughter. Grissom also worked with Crow elders and scholars to tell this story in an authentic way.
I especially loved how she tells the passage of time by the number of winters or the number of moons.
I have so much appreciation for the way Kathleen Grissom writes a fictional story based on the life of Crow Mary, a Crow woman who married a white (“yellow eyed”) man. Her father basically traded her for guns and she willingly left after her Crow husband, who she adored” was killed by animals. The first third of the book tells this story and the rest of the book tells about her marriage and what it was like to be a Crow woman in a white world.
This story is endorsed by Crow Mary’s great-granddaughter. Grissom also worked with Crow elders and scholars to tell this story in an authentic way.
I especially loved how she tells the passage of time by the number of winters or the number of moons.