KnitAFett reviewed Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
Predictable, but quick read.
3 stars
Velma explains that this story is a legend that has been passed down through her family for generations and she wanted to share it with a wider group of people.
This definitely provided a view point from traveling with migrating bands that are facing a very real possibility of starvation and therefore leaving behind the old and weak to perish so the rest of the tribe can survive. Even as they are abandoned, both women recall seeing it happen previously to others when they were younger and their tribe was in similar circumstances.
It was very predictable and I never really got a sense that the women would not be able to survive, but I'm still very glad to have read it and I can see how it got passed down through generations.
Velma explains that this story is a legend that has been passed down through her family for generations and she wanted to share it with a wider group of people.
This definitely provided a view point from traveling with migrating bands that are facing a very real possibility of starvation and therefore leaving behind the old and weak to perish so the rest of the tribe can survive. Even as they are abandoned, both women recall seeing it happen previously to others when they were younger and their tribe was in similar circumstances.
It was very predictable and I never really got a sense that the women would not be able to survive, but I'm still very glad to have read it and I can see how it got passed down through generations.
