The round house
Erdrich, Louise, 1954-2013
Book
One Sunday in the spring of 1988, wife and mother Geraldine Coutts is brutally attacked on her North Dakota reservation. Traumatised and afraid in the aftermath, she shuts herself in her bedroom, and shuts everyone out, including her 13-year-old son Joe. While Geraldine's husband, a tribal judge, endeavours to wrest justice from a situation that defies his keenest efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with his father's official investigation and sets out with his best friends Cappy, Zack and Angus, to seek answers of his own.
Main title:
The round house / Louise Erdrich.
Author:
Erdrich, Louise, 1954-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2013.
Collation:
374 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 2012.
Awards:
US National Book Award 2012
ISBN:
9781472108142 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
1173595