{"product_id":"the-road-back-to-sweetgrass-9780816692699","title":"The Road Back to Sweetgrass","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the grace of a dancer lifted by spirit and grounded in the well-worn earth beneath her feet, Linda LaGarde Grover tells a circular tale of life on and off the Reservation. Generous, ironic, and often gut-wrenching, \u003ci\u003eThe Road Back to Sweetgrass \u003c\/i\u003eis at its large heart a book about the power of home and the inexorable connections between land, people, and stories.\" —Danielle Sosin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Shining Waters \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"History, humanity and humor—these things always impress me when I read Linda LeGarde Grover’s fiction. In this deeply moving and healing book, we are drawn into a communally told story that shows generations violently separated yet held together by the cord of place and culture and by many, many acts of love.\" —Heid E. Erdrich, author of \u003ci\u003eOriginal Local\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through the character of Margie Robineau, Linda LeGarde Grover has created an Ojibwe everywoman who not only births a daughter Crystal, but also revitalizes the small township of Sweetgrass by making family with her would be father-in-law. Grover’s novel tackles genealogy and kinship, Indian allotment and traditions, and ultimately love. A gorgeous read, an extraordinary novel!\" —LeAnne Howe, author of \u003ci\u003eShell Shaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The overall theme of longing and belonging affects us all, and in this story Linda brings us into the grand circle.\" —\u003ci\u003eLake Superior Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The events that define these characters and their world, the births and deaths and binding loves, unfold with gentle pathos and wry humor, the cadences of minute detail and the sweep of history a matter of quiet confidence and unshowy grace for this gifted storyteller.\" —\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"At heart this is the story of the women’s longing for home, with traditions of pow-wows, fancy dancing and wild ricing, and of coming of age when the Anishinaabe struggled to preserve their culture in a changing world.\" —\u003ci\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Odissimaa Bag   \u003cbr\u003eBezhig: The Frybread Makers  \u003cbr\u003eThe Power of Frybread    \u003cbr\u003eIn Her Dream, Margie\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Dressing a Rabbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiizh: Termination Days\u003cbr\u003eShades of Through the Looking Glass\u003cbr\u003eThe Veil in the Jar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNisswi: The Wild Ricers\u003cbr\u003eMargie-enjiss\u003cbr\u003eAnimoosh\u003cbr\u003eThe Ar-Bee-See\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiiwin: Migwechiwendam\u003cbr\u003eEnchanted Ah-gwaching\u003cbr\u003eThe Occasional Scent of Sweetgrass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405974544727,"sku":"9780816692699","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816692699.jpg?v=1730494107","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-road-back-to-sweetgrass-9780816692699","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}