Louise Erdrich: Shadow Tag (2011, Harper Perennial)
Published Nov. 19, 2011 by Harper Perennial.
Engaging and disturbing, with a heck of a one-two punch at the end. Not only a good semi-autobiographical family saga, but fascinating coverage of several strands of Native American history in the U.S.
Granted, most books seem to be about families, because that's what we know. And most of them seem to be about unhappy families, because those are much more interesting than happy ones. But this was the most dysfunctional family that I've read about in years. The husband and wife truly deserved each other. If only they hadn't had kids.
