The Last Matriarch

by Sharman Apt Russell

Book Overview

"In the tradition of Jean Auel, this well-researched novel authentically recreates the world of the Clovis people." -Publishers WeeklyThese children had never seen a tapir. They had never seen a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826321313
• ISBN13: 9780826321312
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A beautiful, contemporary novel set in pre-historic times

Sharman Russell has returned to what she does best: write about the human condition in beautiful, poetic prose with humor, generosity, and a candor that makes you feel she was put on earth to express your thoughts for you. I wondered how she knew all my secrets as I read the story of an independent, though not stereotypical, woman in a tribe 12,000 years ago. She reveals a woman's perspective on her role in the group, her husbands, her children, her in-laws. Never saccharine-sweet, never a political diatribe; just clean, pure prose about a woman and her prehistoric neighborhood. I recommend this book especially to mothers, but I think men will appreciate it, too, for the light it sheds on "what women want". Whether you care about what happened to large land mammals or not, you will remember this book for its poetry and humanity.