PublishedHarvill/Secker, March 2024 |
ISBN9781787304567 |
FormatSoftcover, 336 pages |
Dimensions23.3cm × 15.2cm × 2.5cm |
The heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations, from the author of New York Times bestseller There There
Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its own people.
It is also the tender, shattering story of many generations of a Native American family, struggling to find ways through displacement, addiction and pain, towards home and hope.
Readers of Orange's classic debut There There will know some of these characters and will be eager to learn what happened to Orvil Red Feather after the Oakland Powwow. New readers will discover a wondrous novel of poetry, music, rage and love, from one of the most astonishing voices of his generation.
Sarah is the fiction buyer at Boffins and has a penchant for writing that is incisive and challenging, bonus points for complicated characters. Trained as a chef, Sarah enjoys all things food- be it a beautifully laid out cookbook, a crop of broad beans in her garden, or a holiday planned entirely around where to eat. When she’s not barracking for the Dockers or walking her dogs, she enjoys endlessly searching for Perth’s best coffee.
It's hard to believe this is Orange's second book. The self-assured follow-up to There, There is an epic saga following a native American family from the Sand Creek Massacre. from 1865 to current day. You will laugh, you'll cry, you'll marvel at the language! I'll follow Tommy Orange anywhere. Sarah
