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The Seed Keeper

A Novel

by Diane Wilson
Kyla García
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Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakhota people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato-where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies they've inherited. On a winter's day many years later, Rosalie returns to her childhood home. A widow and mother, she has spent the previous two decades on her white husband's farm, finding solace in her garden even as the farm is threatened first by drought and then by a predatory chemical company. Now, grieving, Rosalie begins to confront the past, on a search for family, identity, and a community where she can finally belong. In the process, she learns what it means to be descended from women with souls of iron-women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss, through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools. Weaving together the voices of four women, The Seed Keeper is a beautifully told story of reawakening, of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and, through them, to our ancestors.

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    June 15, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781696603997
      • File size: 308622 KB
      • Duration: 10:42:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Memoirist Diane Wilson's first novel celebrates the role of Dakota women who kept their seeds and culture alive across generations. Narrator Kyla Garcia portrays four generations of women who preserve seeds and stories. She brings Rosalie Iron Wing to life as she struggles to overcome her past as a foster child, live as the wife of a white farmer, and search for her family and her history. Rosalie speaks deliberately, remembering her father's life lessons. Her friend, Gaby Makespeace, has a strong voice and is confident in her mission to save the rivers. Great-Aunt Darlene Kills Deer has the husky voice of an elderly woman and is determined to pass on the seeds and the history, ensuring that both will continue to live for the next generation. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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