Jacque talks about one of her favorite books, Two Old Women by Velma Wallis. Based on a tale shared with generations of Native Americans, it describes a tribe that is starving in the terrible winters of Alaska. The tribal chief makes a decision to leave the two oldest women in the tribe behind, believing that they are holding back the rest of the tribe in their desperate search for food. The two old women not only survive but thrive as they remember their old ways and become strong and agile despite their age. The themes of abandonment and betrayal may speak to some survivors own experiences of feeling abandoned, and how these two women decide to forgive those who left them.
