How the Strong Survive
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Love, Newton, PUBLISHER: Rockway Press, When four rape victims come to Ben Pace - a Lakhota healer - Ben is given <strong>thestrong> task to help <strong>thestrong>se women seek justice while, at <strong>thestrong> same time, aid <strong>thestrong>m in <strong>thestrong>ir healing process. Only at <strong>thestrong> beginning of his spiritual development as a healer, Ben isn't sure <strong>howstrong> to help <strong>thestrong>se women. After all, <strong>thestrong>y are all white, and Ben is a Lakhota Sioux. After much thought and spiritual preparation, Ben comes up with a plan to help <strong>thestrong> women take back <strong>thestrong> power that <strong>thestrong> serial rapist stole from <strong>thestrong>m. <strong>Thestrong> action <strong>thestrong>y take, <strong>howstrong>ever, does not work as Ben had expected it to. Some of <strong>thestrong> women seem better, some worse, but none of <strong>thestrong>m is completely healed. Is it because <strong>thestrong>y are white and Ben was using Lakhota ways? Though <strong>thestrong> women have suffered <strong>thestrong> same violation at <strong>thestrong> hands of <strong>thestrong> same perpetrator, <strong>thestrong> women have not reacted as Ben thought <strong>thestrong>y would. And <strong>thestrong> serial rapist, despite Ben's carefully planned strategy, is still at large, protected by his family's tremendous wealth and political power. Is <strong>thestrong> difference in cultures <strong>thestrong> problem? Are Ben's and <strong>thestrong> women's cultural and spiritual beliefs at such odds with each o<strong>thestrong>r that no healing can occur? Is <strong>thestrong> conflict between <strong>thestrong> cultures too great for Ben and <strong>thestrong> victims to cross <strong>thestrong> chasm and reach what <strong>thestrong>y all seek: justice and healing. In powerful writing and vivid descriptions that allow us a glimpse into <strong>thestrong> world of Lakhota beliefs and spirituality, Newton Love has given us a twist on <strong>thestrong> detective novel. Ben Pace is not Sherlock Holmes. Ben is a detective who is Lakhota, human, imperfect, but, according to Lakhota ways, honorable. With memorable characters, an exciting plot, and stimulating dialogue, Love has created a new kind of detective whileexploring <strong>thestrong> conflict between <strong>thestrong> Lakhota Way and o<strong>thestrong>r cultures' Ways.