Louise Erdrich: The Sentence, Little Brown Uk, 9781472157010, Paperback

 ( German: Jahr der Wunder, Aufbau Verlag, Mai 2023)

Ever since "Love Medicine" I have been a fan of Louise Erdrich,  love all of her writing however different in subject. So I am probably biased, just finished her latest "The Sentence" and am a little sad to leave the crazy community around Tookie, the narrator, behind. Tookie, a Native American,  lives in Minneapolis with her patchwork family and works in a haunted bookshop with her friends where the ghost of deceased Flora, one of  their best but most annoying costumers makes a daily appearance causing havoc.

Erdrich somehow manages to keep a witty, funny tone throughout the novel despite covering the seriousness of the pandemic, the race riots and Tookies troubled past. In real life Erdrich has her own bookshop in Minneapolis and I loved how that part of her life flows into this novel, including book recommendations. A real treat to read this wonderfully weird story with some characters that are still stuck in my head. Loved it!