From the back cover: In a frozen time before history [7056 BC], in harsh and beautiful land near the top of the world [Aleutian Islands], womanhood comes cruelly and suddenly to beautiful, young Chagak. Surviving the brutal massacre of her tribe, she sets out across the icy waters off American's northwest coast on an astonishing odyssey that will reveal to Chagak powerful secrets lof the earth and sky ... and the mysteries of love and loss.

I passed it along to my mother.

Released on Saturday, July 10, 2004 at Pizza Hut - 3813 Pacific Avenue in Lacey, Washington USA.