Not Far Away: The Real-Life Adventures of Ima Pipiig

An Ojibwa artist, a novelist and essayist, Beardslee (communications, Northwestern Michigan College) discusses how white flight following the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case impacted Native Americans in rural northern Michigan. The story is so heavy, she says, that she combines a fictional narrative about one Ima Pipiig and Traverse City, with non-fictional essays centering on public education. There is no index or bibliography. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)