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Andy Plonka
Jul 31, 2011 rated it liked it
Not as good as the author's The Art of Racing in the Rain, this is a pretty good book up until the end. The end requires you to really put on your willing suspension of disbelief glasses which was difficult for me. The shaman's place in the Native American's life I can go with but at the end of the novelthere seems to be much more fantasy than reality. ...more
Stephanie
Oct 04, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
A story about a drowned boy, his parents, a shaman, kushtakas and the boundaries between life and death in Tlingit theology.
Micha
Sep 27, 2009 marked it as to-read
Micha
Sep 27, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rebecca
Sep 15, 2014 rated it it was ok
Tammy Grimm
Aug 17, 2019 marked it as to-read