A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Dorris
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Family
- Time of Work: Late 1980’s
- Setting: The Pacific Northwest
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Culture, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Biracial people, Friendship, Native Americans or American Indians, Multiculturalism, Women, Adoption or adopted children, Catholics or Catholic Church, Pacific Northwest, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Rodeos
- Locales: Northwest (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Rayona Taylor, the fifteen-year-old daughter of American Indian Christine George Taylor and African American Elgin Taylor. After Rayona’s parents separate, she is brought up by her alcoholic mother. When Christine becomes seriously ill as a result of her drinking, she is committed to a detoxification ward. Rayona helps her to escape, and they drive to the Montana reservation where Christine was reared. When they arrive, Christine deserts Rayona and leaves her with Ida. Father Tom, a young Catholic priest new to the reservation, recruits Rayona into a...
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