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Louise Erdrich

Start date: February 15, 2024

Finish date: March 15, 2024

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Feb 07, 2022 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: indigenous-author, read2022, location-usa-minnesota, tournament-of-books, february, books-on-books, audiobook, around-the-usa

This novel is in the play-in round for the Tournament of Books and is by far my favorite to continue on. It is a bit different from the other books I've read by this author, although I'm relatively new to her and haven't read everything by far. But it does one of my favorite things a book can do - take me on a journey. It starts with a woman stealing a dead body for a friend and ends in a hospital during pandemic times. In between is a bookstore owner named Louise Erdrich, several indigenous cha ...more

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Apr 12, 2022 Clifford rated it it was amazing

Shelves: novels, reading-liberally

I didn't like this novel as much as I have liked the author's previous books, but I'm still giving it 5 stars because there is so much about it to admire. First, I congratulate the author for owning an independent bookstore and her main character in this book, Tookie, for working in the novel's version of that store. Books are central to the plot and the message here, and I am most appreciative of that as a writer and book-lover. Second, the book does an admirable job of addressing so many impor ...more

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Jul 31, 2022 Joyce rated it liked it

Shelves: set-in-the-midwest, native-american

Loved the beginning of this story and the character of Tookie. I think it kind of loses its way a bit when it gets bogged down in the pandemic and George Floyd cases. Those are important, for sure, but they sidetrack the tale a bit and actually came as a bit of a surprise.

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