Rites of First Blood by Karen Dale Wolman

Rites of First Blood

Karen Dale Wolman

Sara Hansen, a New York lesbian doctor travels to the Amazon jungle to research a plant that boosts the immune system against AIDS. While hiking up a tributary of the Amazon River one morning, she gets involved in a hunting accident with the Onasaki. Living deep in the jungle, this is the matriarchal hunting and gathering tribe’s first contact with Western civilization. Lost from her colleagues, Sara goes back with the tribe and becomes lovers with Olani, the shaman and healer to the Onasaki. While a search party gets closer and Olani battles with the poweful daughter of the tribal chief, Sara must decide between two lives.

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Details

ISBN 1882587081
Genre Fiction
Publication Date May-95
Publisher Inland Womensource
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 211
Language English
Rating NotRated
BookID 10765

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