Paper Trail

Bestselling novelist, anthropologist and expert on Native American culture Michael Dorris writes about a surprisingly diverse array of topics in Paper Trail. He offers evocative reminiscences of being raised by his mother and grandmother, skillfully illuminates important issues dealing with modern Native Americans, and in the centerpiece of the collection, writes movingly about his own adopted son's struggle with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. And he movingly reflects on how he was able to write about his son's life in The Broken Cord.