Sweetgrass
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The illustration on our March cover is by Chris Riddell. It is taken from Philip Ridley's new book, Meteorite Spoon, published by Viking, to whom we're grateful for help in using this illustration. Details of the book are given in the Authorgraph.
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Male domination in the Blackfoot tribes and the restrictions this imposes on the womenfolk is the backcloth against which Jan Hudson explores Sweetgrass's reaching of womanhood and route to marriage. A hard, precarious way of life is also revealed in convincing, unglamorised detail. This Canadian award winner was first published 10 years ago and the feminist message might feel a shade too strident for the 1990s. However, it'll make a welcome title for thoughtful female readers.
