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Mona Susan Power

Biography

Mona Susan Power

Mona Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel, A COUNCIL OF DOLLS, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of three previously published works of fiction: THE GRASS DANCER, which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize; SACRED WILDERNESS; and ROOFWALKER. Her short stories have been published by The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The Best American Short Stories and more. Mona is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Mona Susan Power

Books by Mona Susan Power

A Council of Dolls
by Mona Susan Power - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism

Sissy, born 1961: Sissy’s relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous. But her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy’s ear and, in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy’s life. Lillian, born 1925: In a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an “Indian school” far from their home, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school’s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the sisters, Mae finds her way to defend the girls. Cora, born 1888: Cora isn’t afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be “civilized.” When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll, Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost.