![]() So begins an exhilarating forty-year saga brimming with colorful, unforgettable characters: ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival Sita, their lovely but disturbed cousin and the half-Native American Celestine James, who will become Mary's best friend. ![]() After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, Mary seeks refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt and her husband, while Karl gets back on the train. On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. ![]() "A remarkable and luminous novel." -Michiko Kakutani, New York Timesīestselling and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich dazzles in this vibrant and heartfelt tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love that explores with empathy, humor, and power the eternal mystery of the human condition. About the Book From the award-winning author of "Love Medicine" comes a vibrant tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love-a 40-year saga brimming with original and powerful characters. ![]()
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