{"product_id":"larose-lp-9780062466761","title":"LaRose LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2017 PEN Faulkner Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003ePulitzer Prize\u003c\/em\u003e nominee \u003cem\u003eThe Plague of Doves\u003c\/em\u003e wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a profound act of atonement with ancient roots in Native American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence--but when the buck springs away, Landreaux realizes he's hit something else, a blur he saw as he squeezed the trigger. When he staggers closer, he realizes he has killed his neighbor's five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe youngest child of his friend and neighbor, Peter Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreaux's five-year-old son, LaRose. The two families have always been close, sharing food, clothing, and rides into town; their children played together despite going to different schools; and Landreaux's wife, Emmaline, is half sister to Dusty's mother, Nola. Horrified at what he's done, the recovered alcoholic turns to an Ojibwe tribe tradition--the sweat lodge--for guidance, and finds a way forward. Following an ancient means of retribution, he and Emmaline will give LaRose to the grieving Peter and Nola. \"Our son will be your son now,\" they tell them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaRose is quickly absorbed into his new family. Plagued by thoughts of suicide, Nola dotes on him, keeping her darkness at bay. His fierce, rebellious new \"sister,\" Maggie, welcomes him as a coconspirator who can ease her volatile mother's terrifying moods. Gradually he's allowed shared visits with his birth family, whose sorrow mirrors the Raviches' own. As the years pass, LaRose becomes the linchpin linking the Irons and the Raviches, and eventually their mutual pain begins to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a vengeful man with a long-standing grudge against Landreaux begins raising trouble, hurling accusations of a cover-up the day Dusty died, he threatens the tenuous peace that has kept these two fragile families whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspiring and affecting, \u003cem\u003eLaRose\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful exploration of loss, justice, and the reparation of the human heart, and an unforgettable, dazzling tour de force from one of America's most distinguished literary masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErdrich, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e won the National Book Award for Fiction. \u003cem\u003eLove Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLaRose \u003c\/em\u003ereceived the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. Her most recent book, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Watchman, \u003c\/em\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317984465170,"sku":"9780062466761","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a46c8ce3-1822-4c73-80f2-98885fbd8931.jpg?v=1737061462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/larose-lp-9780062466761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}