![]() ![]() ![]() She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence. ![]() In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she’s ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. ![]() Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie – ‘Patrice’ – Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. The US Government calls it an ’emancipation’ bill but it isn’t about freedom – it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. The book tells the life of the Ojibua Indians of North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The Night Watchman is a powerful read filled with heart and soul. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION 2021 ![]()
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