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1: Kathleen Eagle is one of my very favorite authors
I have read and reread almost all of Kathleen Eagle's books several times and they are all on my "keeper shelf". Sunrise Song is one of my favorites. It is a stunning story, made more intense because it is based on the truth. Most of her work has at least an aspect of our sad history of relations between the Native Americans and European Americans. This one tells another little known story and despite the triumph of love in the end, which is very emotionally satisfying for the reader, it provokes a thoughtful exam of our history and raises awareness of the situation on many reservations and in many urban communities that continues to this day. Hopefully some readers will use this as a stimulus to learn more about the situation.
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2: Emotions run deep.
This book, as all Kathleen Eagle's I've read thus far, is hard to put down. With two parallel stories, you can generally put a book down when the stories switch back and forth. Not this one! Excellent!
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3: A book to remember
I read Sunrise Song several years ago and have never been able to forget it. It is a beautifully written book which seriously confronts important and painful issues between whites and Native Americans. Eagle accomplishes this through a wrenching interplay between present and past action. Since my own family was living on the frontier at the time of the past action, I was forced to do some weighty soul searching about the role of my own ancestors.The Chicago interview should not be taken seriously. The criticisms are shallow and the text is illiterate.
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4: Another must-read from Eagle
I haven't been disappointed in an Eagle book yet, and "Sunrise Song" lived up to my 5-star expectations again. Eagle weaves together past and present to create an unforgettable and poignant story of courage and love in the face of insurmountable obstacles. The descriptions of the events which take place in the Assylum for Insane Indians, though fascinating and educational, is profoundly sad, which may be unsettling to some readers. I turn the last page of an Eagle book with regret (that the story is over) but also with the deep satisfaction of a thoroughly good read and the feeling that I have learned a great deal about American Indian History. The fluidity of Eagle's writing is a pleasure to read, and no detail seems forced or extraneous - never a dull moment.
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5: Sunrise Song
Kathleen Eagle has outdone herself in this amazing love story/mystery/historical novel. While I'm an avid reader of Eagle's work - this is the first time I've ever read one of her books in one sitting. I simply couldn't put it down. Nothing could get me to put this book down until I'd turned the last page 8 hours after I bought it.While I've usually bought Kathleen Eagle's books because she often writes of American Indian history and culture - she truly captured my attention and my admiration for her ability to tell a story filled with tragedy, triumph and love.
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