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Love Medicine
Love Medicine
Author: Louise Erdrich
"The snow fell deeper that Easter than it had in forty years, but June walked over it like water and came home." — Off-white cover; title imprinted in green and red 'rope' artwork. Thick, rippled-cut paper for pages. Originally published in 1984, this version is a revised version, with an original chapter deleted, and another moved to the P.S. se...  more »
ISBN: 429834
Pages: 333
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Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Twintoni avatar reviewed Love Medicine on + 133 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
This is the first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series and this copy is a new and expanded edition. I loved this book, the characters are powerfully written, their stories are based on a strong multigenerational culture. If this is your first opportunity to read Louise Erdrich you will finish with a desire to read other books in this series.
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Helpful Score: 5
beautifully written, very moving piece on Native American life
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Helpful Score: 5
Remarkable first novel by one of my favorite authors who has gone on to even greater greatness. This a great, poetic read, sensitively written, with characters you won't soon forget because they are Real.
Bonnie avatar reviewed Love Medicine on + 422 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I love Erdrich's stories. They aren't the most cheerful tales, and this one surely isn't. This is the first of her novels of the Objiwe, all interwoven stories. I read this so many years ago, then again and again.
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Helpful Score: 3
This is a wonderful story of two Native American families and the way their stories intertwine and overlap over several generations. It's hard to put down. I highly recommend it.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two familiesthe Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Now resequenced by the author with the addition of never-before-published chapters, this is a publishing event equivalent to the presentation of a new and definitive text. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, Love Medicine springs to raging life: a multigenerational portrait of new truths and secrets whose time has come, of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is Love Medicine.


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