500 Great Books By Women discussion

[The] Moccasin Maker, E. Pauline Johnson, 1913, Canada, SHORT STORIES

"..."The Tenas Klootchman" (girl-baby in Chinook) is the touching, true story of Maarda, an Indian woman whose beautifully woven baby basket sits empty after her infant dies, and a sick white widow whom Maarda finds carrying a strong, healthy infant girl "rolled in a shawl." While Maarda cares for the woman and child, the empty basket haunts her: "she seemed to see a wee flower face looking up at her like the blossom of a russet-brown pansy."..."

(J.L., p. 50)