Being Mohegan and Mohawk myself, I just hoped that I wouldn't find the novel to be full of stereotypes and cliches, as so many novels are. Upon closer inspection, I read that the heroine was a Seneca woman. Vanishing Act Will Never Disappear From Memoryįifteen years ago, I picked up "Vanishing Act" in paperback, simply because the title caught my eye. most singular creation." -The New York Times Book Review "Entertainingly resourceful." -The New York Times "One sharp and tough cookie." -Detroit News Whitefield is as tough as Sam Spade, as tender as Jo in Little Women and as resourceful as Robinson Crusoe's Friday." -Philadelphia Inquirer "Strong-willed. "A unique heroine, an ultracompetent woman attuned to the ancient ways of her ancestors and to the harsh realities of the modern, bureaucratic world." -San Francisco Chronicle "A compelling, multifaceted protagonist. But when Jane opens a door out of the world for an attractive fugitive named John Felker, she walks into a trap that will take all her heritage and cunning to escape. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern in fact, she has invented several of them herself. Thanks to her membership in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe, she can fool any pursuer, cover any trail, and then provide her clients with new identities, complete with authentic paperwork. in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear.
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