A hunting accident on the Ojibwe tribal lands of North Dakota changes the lives of five year old LaRose and his family forever. When LaRose's father, Landreaux , accidentally kills Dusty, the young son of his good friend and sister-in-law, he is overcome with guilt. After hours in a sweat lodge, he and his wife determine that their son, LaRose, must be given to Dusty's family in exchange for the life Landreaux has taken. Jump to 1839 and the original LaRose, a young girl who finds herself running from an abusive situation and finds an unusual power to survive - a power that passes from generation to generation - from LaRose to LaRose. Using multiple back stories, a little magical realism, and large pieces of Native American history, Erdrich explores both guilt and forgiveness in two families and multiple generations. Hardly a sunny read but lots to talk about.
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