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The Beet Queen Synopsis
A beautifully repackaged reissue of the magical novel from Louise Erdrich, winner of America's prestigious National Book Award for Fiction in 2012.
On a cold spring morning in 1932, two children, Karl and Mary Adare, leap from a boxcar. Orphaned in a most peculiar way, Karl and Mary have come to Argus, in the heart of rural North Dakota, to seek refuge with their aunt Fritzie.
So begins an exhilarating tale, spanning some forty years and brimming with unforgettable characters: ordinary Mary, who causes a miracle; seductive, restless Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival; Celestine James, Mary's life-long friend; and Celestine's fearless, wild daughter Dot - the Beet Queen.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780006546207 |
| Publication date: |
13th June 1994 |
| Author: |
Louise Erdrich |
| Publisher: |
HarperPerennial an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
338 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Family Drama
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Press Reviews
Louise Erdrich Press Reviews
'A perfect - and perfectly wonderful - novel.' Anne Tyler
'Violent, passionate, surprising ... 'The Beet Queen' imparts its freshness of vision like an electric shock.' Angela Carter
'She is a writer of formidable strength and imagination, and she presents the fruits of both in a prose of flexible, haunting beauty.' Bernard Levin, Sunday Times
'A remarkable and luminous novel.' New York Times
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About Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich is the author of twelve novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her debut novel, Love Medicine, won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent novel, The Plague of Doves was a New York Times bestseller. Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.
Author photo © Paul Emmell
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