The Singing Road

Tana Lobos, a Papago woman and citizen of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona, through the voices of her ancestors, discovers her true calling. She is destined to be a traditional healer, using music therapy to assist her patients' recovery. Along this singing road of healing, Tana also finds the man she loves and help her friends find their way on the life paths designed for them.The story begins with the following passage:I hear my ancestors' voices in the wind. I hear my...
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Tana Lobos, a Papago woman and citizen of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona, through the voices of her ancestors, discovers her true calling. She is destined to be a traditional healer, using music therapy to assist her patients' recovery. Along this singing road of healing, Tana also finds the man she loves and help her friends find their way on the life paths designed for them.The story begins with the following passage:I hear my ancestors' voices in the wind. I hear my grandmother's voice most often; sometimes, she sounds like my mother when I have made her sad. Regardless of how her voice sounds, Grandmother always speaks to my heart. When the wind is fierce, I hear my father speak. He walked on when I was six, but he still has much to teach me. He speaks when I am afraid, and he wants me to be strong. So, I hear him in the storm. I hear the voices of my aunts, my grandmother's two sisters, who scold me when I have been thoughtless. And, once in a while, my great-grandmother whispers to me in the summer breezes. Their voices are music in the wind and a song to my soul.