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A contemporary classic, this âastonishing literary debutâ (Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaidâs Tale) âplaces Native American voices front and centerâ (NPR/Fresh Air).
One of The Atlanticâs Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncleâs death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native Americanâgrappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism
A book with âso much jangling energy and brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that itâs a revelationâ (The New York Times). It is fierce, funny, suspenseful, and impossible to put downâfull of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.
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- ISBN: 9780525635598
- File size: 230632 KB
- Duration: 08:00:28
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- LexileÂŽ Measure: 810
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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- English
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- LexileÂŽ Measure:810
- Text Difficulty:3-4
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