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May 20, 2023
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Book on CD narrated by Anna Fields.
3.5***
Faye Travers and her mother run an antiques business in their New Hampshire town. When Faye is asked to appraise an estate, she discovers a that the man who died is descended from an Indian agent who worked on the Ojibwe reservation that is home to Faye’s mother’s family. Among the artifacts in the attic is a rare drum. From this point the story moves back and forth, in time and location, as we learn the history – and future – of this particular drum.
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3.5***
Faye Travers and her mother run an antiques business in their New Hampshire town. When Faye is asked to appraise an estate, she discovers a that the man who died is descended from an Indian agent who worked on the Ojibwe reservation that is home to Faye’s mother’s family. Among the artifacts in the attic is a rare drum. From this point the story moves back and forth, in time and location, as we learn the history – and future – of this particular drum.
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3.75 rounded up to 4
I did it, I completed the Love Medicine series! I really enjoyed most of the books, just one didn't really grab my attention so overall, a beautifully written series of books.
This one started off dark and depressing and I can't say that really ever changed but there was certainly hope at the end so it's worth reading. Once we got into the history of the drum and the people involved, I was finally more engaged although I didn't connect as much to these characters as to previou ...more
I did it, I completed the Love Medicine series! I really enjoyed most of the books, just one didn't really grab my attention so overall, a beautifully written series of books.
This one started off dark and depressing and I can't say that really ever changed but there was certainly hope at the end so it's worth reading. Once we got into the history of the drum and the people involved, I was finally more engaged although I didn't connect as much to these characters as to previou ...more

Jul 18, 2014
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
marked it as to-read