Helpful Score: 7
This is the first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series and this copy is a new and expanded edition. I loved this book, the characters are powerfully written, their stories are based on a strong multigenerational culture. If this is your first opportunity to read Louise Erdrich you will finish with a desire to read other books in this series.
Helpful Score: 5
beautifully written, very moving piece on Native American life
Helpful Score: 5
Remarkable first novel by one of my favorite authors who has gone on to even greater greatness. This a great, poetic read, sensitively written, with characters you won't soon forget because they are Real.
Helpful Score: 3
This is a wonderful story of two Native American families and the way their stories intertwine and overlap over several generations. It's hard to put down. I highly recommend it.
Helpful Score: 3
I love Erdrich's stories. They aren't the most cheerful tales, and this one surely isn't. This is the first of her novels of the Objiwe, all interwoven stories. I read this so many years ago, then again and again.
