There there a novel

As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow -- some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent -- momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family s...

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Main Author: Orange, Tommy, 1982- (Author)
Other Authors: Cuervo, Alma, 1951- (Narrator), Garcia, Kyla (Narrator), Dennis, Darrell (Narrator), Taylor-Corbett, Shaun, 1978- (Narrator)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2018.
Edition:Unabridged.
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Summary:As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow -- some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent -- momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will to perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss. There There is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:08:00:28
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ISBN:9780525635598
Author Notes:TOMMY ORANGE is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives in Angels Camp, California.