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Love Medicine - (P.S.) by Louise Erdrich (Paperback)

Love Medicine - (P.S.) by  Louise Erdrich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first book in Erdrich's Native American tetralogy that includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace is an authentic and emotionally powerful glimpse into the Native American experience--now resequenced and expanded to include never-before-published chapters. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"The beauty of<em> Love Medicine</em> saves us from being completely devastated by its power." -- Toni Morrison</strong></p><p><strong>Set on a North Dakota Ojibwe reservation, <em>Love Medicine</em>--the first novel from master storyteller and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich--is an epic story about the intertwined fates of two families: the Kashpaws and the Lamartines.</strong></p><p>With astonishing virtuosity, each chapter of this stunning novel draws on a range of voices to limn its tales. Black humor mingles with magic, injustice bleeds into betrayal, and through it all, bonds of love and family marry the elements into a tightly woven whole that pulses with the drama of life.</p><p>Erdrich has written a multigenerational portrait of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable whirlwind of anger, desire, and the healing power that is love medicine.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The stunning first novel in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, <em>Love Medicine</em> tells the story of two families, the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, it is a multigenerational portrait of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is love medicine.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A masterpiece, written with spellbinding authenticity."--<strong>Philip Roth</strong><br><br>"A powerful piece of work . . . Louise Erdrich is the rarest kind of writer; as compassionate as she is sharp-sighted"--<strong>Anne Tyler</strong><br><br>"A remarkable first novel that stares more boldly at many of the truths of Native American life in the country than any fiction I've read.... It is a deeply, if ironically, spirited novel."--<strong><em>Chicago Sun-Times</em></strong><br><br>"A wondrous prose song . . . about the enduring verities of love and surviving, and these truths are revealed in a narrative that is an invigorating mixture of the cosmic and the tragic."--<strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br><br>"Lyrical and funny, mystical and down-to-earth, <em>Love Medicine</em> entrances"--<strong><em>Christian Science Monitor</em></strong><br><br>"The beauty of <em>Love Medicine </em>saves us from being completely devastated by its power."--<strong>Toni Morrison</strong><br><br>"We know we are in the hands of an exceptionally skilled, sensitive, observant writer ... <em>Love Medicine</em> is the work of a tough, loving mind."--<strong>Jonathan Yardley, <em>Washington Post</em></strong><br>

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