There There

 

Author:  Tommy Orange

Begun: Jan 28th 2025

Finished: Jan 31st 2025

Type: Audiobook on Libby

Narrators: Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo, Kyla Garcia

Rating: 9/10

The book ended and I went, "AAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!" out loud. 

At the start of the book Tommy Orange puts the reader on a rack and with every chapter turns the wheel and ratchets up the tension. 

I'm English, and didn't even know Native Americans still existed until I was 19 years old.  Yes, really.  It was only when I married an American and moved to America that I found out.  To say my school taught practically zero about world history is to put it mildly, and the interwebs didn't exist back then so 🤷

As a result this novel (along with Shutter by Ramona Emerson) was quite an education for me.  

Highly Highly recommended.

...but only if you don't mind your heart being ripped out. 

Also, a warning to those sensitive to it: There was a copious amount of bad language, enough that I was uncomfortable.  

Also rape (mentioned, but not detailed), abuse of alcohol, drugs, and people, and the death of loved ones.  Lots of death.  A heart rending amount of it.