Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
Taste attributes: dramafamilyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA weighty novel that is slow-burning, stirring and unsavoury. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
The first book in the tetralogy that includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace follows the lives of two native American families and is enhanced by four previously unpublished chapters. The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two families--the Kashpaws and the Lamartines.
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- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 288
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