A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

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name = A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
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author = Michael Dorris
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Henry Holt & Co
release_date = May 1987
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 343 pp (hardback edition) & 372 p. (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-8050-0045-3 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-446-38787-8 (paperback edition)
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"A Yellow Raft in Blue Water" is a novel written by Michael Dorris and published in 1987. It is written from the viewpoints of three people, Rayona, Christine, and Ida, exchanging viewpoints between different sections of the book.

Plot Summary

"A Yellow Raft in Blue Water" follows a young woman named Rayona, her mother Christine, and Christine's adopted mother Aunt Ida. The novel begins with Rayona playing cards with Christine in the hospital, when Rayona's African-American father Elgin visits, angering Christine. Christine leaves the hospital with Rayona, threatening suicide at the spot where Rayona was conceived. Christine eventually leaves Rayona with Aunt Ida, where over time, Rayona begins to learn about herself and where she came from.

Characters in "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water"

*Rayona Diane Taylor – a main protagonist
*Christine George Taylor – a main protagonist, mother of Rayona
*Ida George – a main protagonist, legal mother of Christine
*Elgin Taylor – Christine's husband and Rayona's father
*Lee George – Christine's brother
*Dayton Nickles – Lee's friend
*Pauline George-Cree – Ida's sister
*Dale Cree – Pauline's husband and Foxy's father
*Pauline Cree – Dale's mother
*Buster Cree – Dale's father
*Willard Pretty Dog – a reservation boy, biological father of Lee
*Mrs. Pretty Dog – Willard's mother
*Kennedy "Foxy" Cree – Rayona's cousin son of Pauline
*Annabelle – Foxy's Girlfriend
*Clara – Christine's biological mother
*Annie George – Ida and Pauline's mother; Lecon's wife
*Lecon George – Ida, Pauline, and Christine's father; Annie's husband
*Ellen DeMarco – lifeguard at Bearpaw Lake
*Norman "Sky" Dial – owner of the Conoco gas station nearby Bearpaw Lake
*Evelyn Dial – chef at Bearpaw Lake; wife of Sky
*John, Andy, and Dave – other Bearpaw lake employees

Footnotes

References

* Dorris, Michael. "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water". New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1987.
* [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/yellowraft/ SparkNotes]


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