Erené With Wolf Medicine

Dr. Irene Blea pens a heart-rending autobiography of a young girl's journey moving from the spiritual center of her small ranch in northern New Mexico to the gritty steel town of Pueblo Colorado. Leaving behind an extended family immersed in the rich Indigenous and Spanish customs of Hispano peoples, Irene boldly reckons with the economic, racial, and gender dislocations of modern society. Her compelling story of "renacimiento" or rebirth reveals a profoundly nurturing remedy for marginalization, oppression, and self-alienation. Irene's narrative will inspire generations of women to harness their life forces and spiritual destinies to generate self-love and empowerment. For Irene, it is in the strength of the wolf that she sees her reflection and accepts the solemnity of life.~ Irene Vasquez, Chair, Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque