First published 2008
The unsolved slaying of a farming family haunts Pluto, North Dakota. Revenge and distortion of truth ripple through the Ojibwe reservation and the white town, shaping lives for generations. Evelina, a mixed-race girl, falls hopelessly in love as her grandfather Mooshum spins haunting tales of the past. Judge Antone, a thoughtful mixed-blood, sees the scars of history in his courtroom. As the communities' stories intertwine, a wrenching truth emerges.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, 21st-century, native-american
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: North Dakota, Pluto
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
356 pages · Paperback · Harper Perennial