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Oct 11, 2017ownedbydoxies rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What do you do when your childhood is a mix of violence and fear and occasional moments of joy and humor, and you are a very talented writer of renown? Well, in his case, Sherman Alexie sat down and wrote this incredibly beautiful, often sorrowful, but also uplifting book. He has produced an incredible mix of prose and poetry (and I'm not always a fan of poetry, since often it leaves me impatiently trying to decipher it, but Alexie's is clear and precise) as a stunningly complex tribute to not only his mother, his father and siblings, but also to everyone who manages to survive a brutal childhood and a complicated adulthood and comes through it all intact both physically and emotionally. I give this book all the stars!