- Fiction, Literature, Indians of North America, World War, 1939-1945
It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree medicine woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she grudgingly saw off to war has returned.
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Grave, earnest, overwhelming and prestige.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph Boyden
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- PHOENIX, PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA)
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143175643
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First sentence
“FOR MANY DAYS I've hidden in the bush by the town, coming out when I hear the call, watching carefully for him.”
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