The Sun Will Befriend Them is a soulful interweaving of the stories of two young women on quests for self-discovery. River is a runaway struggling to survive, find her center, and make her way across the country. Raven is a white girl deeply affected by American Indian tradition.
This is a poetic, sweetly told novella about the hard earned triumphs of mind and spirit over circumstance and isolation.
"When I next wake, the sky is still bright with stars, but I can feel the day is about to dawn. Rising to bathe in the cold springs, I observe someone in the north standing with arms raised to the east, most likely to greet the sunrise. As I walk closer, remaining respectfully distant, I see a woman of indeterminate age. She is slim and dressed in a flowing skirt, a white leather shirt, and a shawl. She wears beaded moccasins and her hair is radiant, braided down her back. The woman turns toward me, motioning me to come forward. As I cross the stream, I realize this woman is in fact the Medicine Woman who so often comes to my dreams and visions."
Review: "Many passages are elegantly lyrical and evocative...I recommend this book to those who like metaphysical books with feminist focus, rooted in Indian lore and with other cultural myths and beliefs strongly represented."
-Adrath Mayhar, author of Timber Pirates
"I found myself on a brilliant journey of profound proportions. I was instantly drawn into the weaving of these two lives in a tapestry of truth and wisdom. And I loved every step of the way."
-Nancy Slonim Aronie, author of Writing From the Heart
Bio: V.C. GOLDENBROOK was born in southern California. In 1997, in what was intended to be a brief stay in northern New Mexico, she became enraptured by the power of the mountains, and New Mexico became her home. She lives there with her partner.
