Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I heard my mother singing along with the radio, and I was drawn to her road in the world. She was a Creek Indian woman, and her singing attracted me to her life. She had what seemed to be a perpetual longing in her heart. #2 The song that my mother was singing when I saw her walking the floor at midnight was a heartbreak ballad. I saw her walk the floor after hearing her song, and I knew that her love would not keep him out of the arms of other women. #3 I was born into a family of tribal leaders. My father didn't know what he wanted, so he asked my mother to have a baby. She wanted a son, but my father preferred a daughter. #4 My father's family was wealthy because of the family's allotted lands in Indian Territory. When Oklahoma became a state, the family's lands were part of the oil gusher known as the Glenn Pool

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