Book Excerpt for the Day

    “Whoever did it must have been Spider Woman’s daughter,” Bernie said.

    “Who?  I never heard Grandma talk about that one,” Bigman said.

    Bernie said, “She’s the one my mother always joked about when she had to redo a section of a rug.  Mama told me she helps with life’s unexpected complications, untangling messy situations.  When I start to tell her about some hairy case, Mama says, ‘Oh, you’ll figure out how to weave it all together.  You’re like Spider Woman’s daughter.’”

    (from Spider Woman’s Daughter, by Anne Hillerman)

     7½*/10.  The full review is here.

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