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EPISODE · Oct 2, 2012 · 12H 39M

The Round House Audiobook by Louise Erdrich

from Discover Best Audiobooks in Fiction, Literary · host Louise Erdrich

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/79/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Round House Subtitle: A Novel Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Gary Farmer Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 10-02-12 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1936 votes Genres: Fiction, Literary Publisher's Summary: National Book Award, Fiction, 2012 One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and 13-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared. While his father, who is a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning. Written with undeniable urgency, and illuminating the harsh realities of contemporary life in a community where Ojibwe and white live uneasily together, The Round House is a brilliant and entertaining novel, a masterpiece of literary fiction. Louise Erdrich embraces tragedy, the comic, a spirit world very much present in the lives of her all-too-human characters, and a tale of injustice that is, unfortunately, an authentic reflection of what happens in our own world today.

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