The Beet Queen
Louise Erdrich
Bantam (1989)
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General Fiction
Orphans - North Dakota - Fiction, Orphans/ North Dakota/ Fiction, Indians Of North America/ Fiction
Trade Paperback 9780553347234
English
Now, from the award-winning author of Love Medicine, comes a vibrant tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love. On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. Orphaned in a most peculiar way, Karl and Mary look for refuge to their mother's sister Fritzie, who with her husband, Pete, runs a butcher shop. So begins an exhilerating 40-year saga brimming with unforgettable characters: Ordinary Mary, who causes a miracle ; seductive Karl, who lacks Mary's gift for survival; Sita, their lovely, disturbed, ambitious cousin; Wallace Pfef, a town leader bearing a lonely secret; Celestine James, a mixed-blood Chippewa; and her daughter, Dot. Theirs is a story grounded in the tenacity of relationships, the magic of natural events and the unending mystery of the human condition.
Product Details
LoC Classification PS3555.R42 .B4 1989
Dewey 813.54
Cover Price $13.95
No. of Pages 360
Height x Width 8.1 x 5.2  inch
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