The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow (1999) is a book by Ann Turner which is part of the Dear America book series. It tells the story of the removal of the Navajos from their land by the U.S. Government – a 400-mile (640 km) forced winter march to Fort Sumner.
The story starts when Sarah Nita and her granddaughter, who is also called Sarah Nita, sit in the shade of their hogan. The elder Sarah Nita wants her daughter to write her story, so her granddaughter gets out the book the white teacher gave to her and starts writing. The first sentence of the book is "My mother bends over the plants near the red mesa..." It tells how Sara Nita's parents are worried because of the white men and how they are trying to steal the Diné's (the Navajo) land.
Editions
- ISBN 0-590-97216-2