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LaRose by Erdrich, Louise, is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is LaRose about?

In this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves 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. North Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidencebut when the buck springs away, Landreaux realizes hes hit something else, a blur he saw as he squeezed the trigger. When he staggers closer, he realizes he has killed his neighbors five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich. The youngest child of his friend and neighbor, Peter Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreauxs 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 Landreauxs wife, Emmaline, is half sister to Dustys mother, Nola. Horrified at what hes done, the recovered alcoholic turns to an Ojibwe tribe traditionthe sweat lodgefor guidance,

Who reads LaRose?

Author

Erdrich, Louise,

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472151872

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.87 / 5 (10,071 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14