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 “The beauty of Love Medicine saves us from being completely devastated by its power.” - Toni Morrison

“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 “A masterpiece, written with spellbinding authenticity.”-Philip Rothįreshman Common Book: Carleton College Critical Praise Black humor mingles with magic, injustice bleeds into betrayal, and through it all, bonds of love and family marry the elements together into a tightly woven whole that pulses with the drama of life.Īs they read the novel-told in the voices of Chippewa men and women-students will think about the love-hate relationships that often occur between family members, the nature of families, the impact of the non-Indian world (for instance, Catholicism, alcohol, intermarriages, Capitalism, the legal system, and the Vietnam War) on the Chippewa, and the difficulties and consequences of dealing with a mixed world.

Love Medicine, set on and around a North Dakota reservation in the years 1934-1984, tells the story of the intertwined fates of two families.

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