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I didn't plan to read this book, but read the reviews and decided to give it a try before someone requested it from my inventory. What a wonderful surprise. I won't be letting this one go. Rich language, beautifully crafted, what a storyteller Erdrich is. I'll be ordering another copy to share with family.

Perhaps the finest novel yet from author Louise Erdrich. A complex tale of love and family secrets set on the North Dakota prairie.

This book was so haunting. I am so torn over this book. The writing is so beautiful and yet there are truly disturbing elements in this story. When I first read the book I felt angry because hope was continually stripped away from the characters lives. But this story has endured in my mind more clearly than any other book. My reaction was so strong and long lasting that I came to realize that this story really touched me, and will always be with me.

This was a pretty good book - not my favorite of hers, but a nice, wide-sweeping story of Germans in America from WWI to the 1950s. I really did enjoy reading it. A lot happened but it did feel more like being told a story than really experiencing it. Still, it was an interesting read, though quite sad. The ending twist was quite a surprise. I just wish that there had been a little more happiness in it...

Very absorbing story with excellent character development.

Along with "The Last REport on the Miracles at Little No Horse" this is one of my favorite Louise Erdrich books. You are sucked into the lives of the characters and the love and dedication between the female characters. One difference between this book and the other Erdrich books, is there is really no connecting of the characters of this book and her other books. This is not a fault, only that I have found I want to read all her books to see how the characters between the books are connected.