Ken Chubb

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used to tell her, but she can’t come to grips with her loss. It is only after she drives to New York City for an art opening, traveling across what were her ancestors’ tribal lands, that Mavis reconciles herself to her new life.

In 1997, Marije lives with her mother in Canada. When her grand-father dies, she goes to the funerals in the mountains of Albania and steps into a past of blood feud and ancient customs. She meets her uncle Zef who, in fact, is an aunt. Zef is a 'vowed virgin' that is a woman who lives her life as a man never marrying of having children.

Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used to tell her, but she can’t come to grips with her loss. It is only after she drives to New York City for an art opening, traveling across what were her ancestors’ tribal lands, that Mavis reconciles herself to her new life.

In 1997, Marije lives with her mother in Canada. When her grand-father dies, she goes to the funerals in the mountains of Albania and steps into a past of blood feud and ancient customs. She meets her uncle Zef who, in fact, is an aunt. Zef is a 'vowed virgin' that is a woman who lives her life as a man never marrying of having children.