Description:
In Beneath the Willows, the author portrays that like her Indigenous ancestors, we often find ourselves repeating the old stories of the eerie things they have experienced. It is through these stories that we are reminded that paranormal events still exist today. We have to wonder how close is the spirit world? A dark spirit has walked among people for centuries learning their ways. In this book, the dark spirit learns of the trapped souls of the shape shifters buried beneath the willows and quickly takes control. The shape shifters not only become animals and birds, but they also now have the ability to step into human bodies, becoming as one. Strange disappearances begin to happen since that time.
Brief description: Marie Hess is a Mohawk writer and a residential school survivor who was born, raised and still resides on the Six Nations Reserve. As a child, she was placed in the Mohawk Institute residential school for Indigenous children along with her brothers and sisters. She is a devoted mother, a caring aunt and a proud grandmother. She owned and operated a small rental business for 15 years. "Beneath the Willows" is her second published book. Her first book, Going Back Home, a residential school survival story, was published by BookLand Press in 2019. She is passionate about sharing her stories with the younger generation of readers.