Fervent Charity
by Paulette Callen
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Genre: Lesbian / Drama / Western
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Synopsis:
Five women, with nothing in common but the land they walk on and the vicissitudes of life on the post-frontier prairie come together — not out of sentiment or like-mindedness, but harsh and unpredictable necessity. Their bond is formed by decisions made and shared in the face of the cruelest reality. Mary Kaiser, quietly existing in the shadow of a strutting, loud-mouthed husband, and the formidable Alvinia, mother of 10 and midwife to the county, join Gustie to save Lena’s life after the harrowing birth of her daughter. Later, when smallpox ravages the nearby Dakotah Sioux reservation, Mary and Gustie rush to help. Gustie and Jordis, the Dakotah woman with whom she shares her life, are devastated by the loss of so many on the Red Sand, including their adopted grandmother, Dorcas Manyroads, who first recognized Gustie as a two-spirit woman, like her granddaughter. The women come together again in the bitter cold of January, this time to stand with Mary, who faces a peril that they see only dimly, and tragically, cannot avert.
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