The Beet Queen

Louise Erdrich

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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.

Book Details

Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publish Date: May 23rd, 2017
Pages: 368
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.36in - 5.38in - 0.87in - 0.64lb
EAN: 9780060835279
Categories: • Literary• Thrillers - Suspense• Family Life - Siblings

About the Author

Erdrich, Louise: -

Louise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the award-winning author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.

Praise for this book

"A novel rich in movement, beauty, event. Her prose spins and sparkles, and dances right on the heart when it needs to." -- Los Angeles Times

"Written with extraordinary power, compassion, and insight into the human heart....Erdrich has vaulted into the front ranks of American literature." -- Newsday

"A remarkable and luminous novel." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

"Captivating." -- Washington Post Book World

"The dialogue is brilliant from start to finish. And Mary, Karl, Selestine, Sita, and Dot are all original and powerful characters who, like their relatives in Love Medicine, left me exhilarated, somewhat drained, and very grateful to this immensely gifted novelist." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"A book of power and precision." -- New York Times Book Review