Emma is nine on the day they meet. Akecheta is twelve, and already the man of his house. He saves her life and tells her she belongs to him. As they grow up together on the frontier surrounding Manhattan, Kansas, he teaches her how to fish, hunt, and how to survive. She teaches him how to trust and how to share the burdens of his shameful past. When he graduates from high school, an aunt sends him to university in the other Manhattan, in New York. Emma continues her schooling at home. At first, Akecheta is dazzled by New YorkWhen a friend takes him to back-room poker games in the Bowery, he learns that Manhattan, New York, may be more deadly than the wilds of Kansas.
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A Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna Mabry first moved to Las Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girls’ dressing room into her first of many novels. She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a deeply personal account of her grandmother’s life titled “Maude” which has thus far spent more than sixteen weeks running on the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list. Donna still takes occasional classes at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and at writer’s conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Authors in Henderson, NV.
Susan Hanfield is an Audie Award–winning narrator who comes from a strong classical theater background and loves bringing deep characterizations to all of her work. She has narrated over twenty books, including Ru Emerson’s six-book Night-Threads series. On camera, she has been seen commercially and in numerous international, national, and regional network spots. She also played the title character in Magdalene, an award-winning short film.