but it always made me happy to be in the company of the quirky and quick-witted Apple as she journeys to connect with her Native grandparents

the gentle

or what is now Winnipeg

a renowned artist of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee descent

a semi-autobiographical novel that follows a group of teenage gang members as they trek across Chicago to a momentous meeting

The Last Human Bear Seneca but it always made me"Lush and gripping." Rebecca Solnit "It's revelatory on every page." Dave Eggers "The grand return of a master storyteller." Peter Maravelis, City Lights Booksellers An epic story of curses, love, hard won independence, and healing and the first novel in 28 years by a widely acclaimed Native writer. Mary Hatcher lives with a curse or is it a power that could make her life whole? A Native Pomo woman who comes of age in 1930s California, Mary keeps