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Title : Ashoona, Daughter of the Winds
Subtitle : An Inuit Woman’s Journey
Author : Yvonne Harris

Paperback : 5.25″ x 8.25″ • 448 pages
ISBN : 978-1-926696-19-5
Retail List Price : $21.95

BISAC CODE : FIC014000
BISAC CATEGORY : FICTION / Historical
Ashoona Daughter of the Winds
An Inuit Woman’s Journey
Yvonne Harris

In the harsh and forbidding landscape of the far north, the path of survival is as slender as a shard of ice. This is the story of the indomitable spirit of a beautiful young woman as she challenges the odds to not only survive but thrive with her spirit intact. Set in the remote Inuit village of Panniqtuuq on Baffin Island, this story recounts a time of transformation when the old ways were confronted by the powerful influences arriving from the outside.

Against the backdrop of the frigid North, this soaring saga follows a young woman emerging into adulthood. Ashoona, Daughter of the Winds is a compelling read based on a true story told to the author by a village elder about her arranged marriage to a much older man. Her words give us a glimpse through a window onto a different world that is now one only of memories—a time when Inuit society was undergoing massive upheaval.

Yvonne lived and worked among the people of Baffin Island, and this story is an extraordinary gift from the elder and from the Inuit people.

Yvonne Harris
Yvonne Harris is a marathon canoeist who has competed eight times in the longest canoe race in the world, an event in which she and her partner held the women’s record. This avid outdoorswoman has guided whitewater raft trips and has spent many summers on family canoe trips. For five years, Yvonne worked as a teacher at the college in Pangnirtung, Nunavut. One day, an elder visited the school and told her story of being forced into an arranged marriage with an old hunter. She said, “I hated him from the day I saw him. I hated his short, thick neck and the smell of him.” Her account of being abducted was the catalyst for the creation of Ashoona, Daughter of the Winds.

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