It is a deeply, if ironically, spirited novel. In the story, Love Medicine, the author, Louisa Eldrich, uses symbols and the Turkey heart is. “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…. Love Medicine is a fiction novel by Louise Erdrich. The first book in Louise Erdrichs 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.

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.” - New York Times Book Review Louise Erdrich is the rarest kind of writer as compassionate as she is sharp-sighted” - Anne Tyler

“Lyrical and funny, mystical and down-to-earth, Love Medicine entrances” - Christian Science Monitor “A masterpiece, written with spellbinding authenticity.” - Philip Roth Now Henry owns the whole car, and his younger brother Lyman (thats myself), Lyman walks everywhere he goes. We owned it together until his boots filled with water on a windy night and he bought out my share. The first book in Louise Erdrichs highly acclaimed Native American trilogy that includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, re-sequenced. “The beauty of Love Medicine saves us from being completely devastated by its power.” - Toni Morrison I owned that car along with my brother Henry Junior. “We know we are in the hands of an exceptionally skilled, sensitive, observant writer … Love Medicine is the work of a tough, loving mind.” - Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

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