Oscar Hokeah
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This novel is told by an assortment of family members and details the trials of being indigenous in Oklahoma. You get wrapped up in their lives, their flaws, and their successes.
audio fiction (~7 hrs, read by the author with another narrator)
CW/TW: violence, alcoholism, drug addiction.
intergenerational stories told by multiple characters (with mixed indigenous and Mexican roots), each with their own heartbreaking struggles to contend with, and which, when combined, form a portrait of the life of a man named Ever, his family, and a community.
CW/TW: violence, alcoholism, drug addiction.
intergenerational stories told by multiple characters (with mixed indigenous and Mexican roots), each with their own heartbreaking struggles to contend with, and which, when combined, form a portrait of the life of a man named Ever, his family, and a community.
A novel of grace and redemption. If only our greater society lived as the Kiowa and Cherokee do in this beautiful novel.
Protagonist Ever Geimausaddle’s mother is Cherokee and Kiowa and his father is Mexican. He and his relatives experience many obstacles and issues common to Native American communities, such as depression, unemployment, and addiction. Ever’s story is told from multiple generational perspectives, starting with his grandparents. Each chapter is narrated by a different character. Ever eventually gets to speak on his own behalf in the ending chapter.
This novel portrays how community and culture can be helpful in overcoming individual problems. The author highlights many distinctions between Cherokee and Kiowa traditions. It includes stomp dances, the titular blanket dance, and powwows. I particularly enjoyed the way the novel is structured, gradually providing more information as the story progresses. It is an impressive debut.… (mere)
This novel portrays how community and culture can be helpful in overcoming individual problems. The author highlights many distinctions between Cherokee and Kiowa traditions. It includes stomp dances, the titular blanket dance, and powwows. I particularly enjoyed the way the novel is structured, gradually providing more information as the story progresses. It is an impressive debut.… (mere)
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