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BEAR DAUGHTER by Judith Berman

On a broader level, the book is fantasy. It opens on Cloud, who is her mother's daughter, who has spent the first twelve years of her life as the happy daughter of a human woman called Thrush, and a bear father, called Lord Stink one of the First People. The only thing is, it opens when her stepfather, Rumble, has killed, and eaten the heart of, her father, and taken mer mother, Thrush, for his woman.

The thing is, a lot of people are surprised that Cloud became human. No one expected it. Bear's lost her memories, too. The only things she remembers are glimpsed in dreams and images. There's an empty place in her, one that no food will fill. Her mother's forced to reject her, and Rumble wants to kill her. I mean, what's a girl to do, but run away from home when her stepfather tries to kill her?

Thus begins Cloud's journey, a travel among and between the mortal and immortal worlds, in a search to find the bones of her father and brothers, and take them to the Edge of the World so that they can be born anew, even though she doesn't quite feel up to the task laid before her. It is a journey where she will learn to accept herself, her origins, and embrace both her past, and her future, while trying to learn how to live as a human girl.

With Native American mythology as its base, Cloud's story engages you from the beginning, as you follow her quest, which is as much coming to terms with who and what she is, as to save the spirits of her father and brothers.

On a more focused level, this is a story about one young woman's struggle to come to terms with herself, a voyage of discovery to find out who she is, what is her purpose in life, to stretch and surpass her limits. It is a story of acceptance, and self-acceptance.

And, quite frankly, it's a good read.

Bear Daughter is available on AMAZON.COM, and can also be found at, or requested by,your local bookseller.


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Elizabeth Anne Ensley
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