Saving Skunk is a highly compelling, intelligent tale of a girl who embarks on a journey of healing and ultimately discovers her true destiny.  Heidi Barton is a young woman who is caught between her native American past and her desire to become a physician.  In between these concerns, Richard R. Roach visits arcane Ojibway tribal rituals, reservation life and the shamanic world of Indian healing–and writes with a vertiginously masterful talent.