LaRose

By Louise Erdrich,

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Late summer in North Dakota, 1999: Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence but only when he staggers closer does he realise he has killed his neighbour's son.

Dusty Ravich, the deceased boy, was best friends with Landreaux'sā€¦

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In her fifteenth novel, Erdrich, a member of the Ojibwe tribe, attempts to answer the question, ā€œCan a person do the worst possible thing and still be loved?ā€ by showing readers how native American parents living on a reservation cope when the father, Landreaux, accidentally kills his best friendā€™s five-year-old son in a hunting accident. Landreaux is distraught, wracked with horror, guilt, and grief. After consultation and attending a sweat, guided by an old native custom, he gives La Rose, his and his wifeā€™s youngest childā€“whose best friend was the deceasedā€“to the bereaved parents and siblings in a version ofā€¦

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