The release date for the English version of 'Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival' by
Velma Wallis is Nov 2014. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This gripping, startling, and ultimately uplifting story of two elderly women who were abandoned by their tribe during a severe winter famine is based on an Athabascan Indian folklore that has been handed down through the years from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska.
These women now have to fend for themselves or perish trying, even if they have a reputation for complaining more than helping. Velma Wallis captures a harsh but strikingly beautiful terrain and manner of life in concise yet vivid detail. Ursula K. Le Guin writes that the tales of her two steely-willed heroines, Old Women, "speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness, and wisdom" and depict betrayal, friendship, and community.