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Where They Last Saw Her
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WINNER OF THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD - A WASHINGTON POST AND BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
All they heard was her scream. Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. She knows what happens to women who look like her. Just a girl when Jimmy Sky jumped off the railway bridge and she ran for help, Quill realizes now that she's never stopped running. As she trains for the Boston Marathon early one morning in the woods, she hears a scream. When she returns to search the area, all she finds are tire tracks and a single beaded earring. Things are different now for Quill than when she was a lonely girl. Her friends Punk and Gaylyn are two women who don't know what it means to quit; her loving husband, Crow, and their two beautiful children challenge her to be better every day. So when she hears a second woman has been stolen, she is determined to do something about it--starting with investigating the group of men working the pipeline construction just north of their homes. As Quill closes in on the truth about the missing women, someone else disappears. In her quest to find justice for all of the women of the reservation, she is confronted with the hard truths of their home and the people who purport to serve them. When will she stop losing neighbors, friends, family? As Quill puts everything on the line to make a difference, the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture, the reverberations of even one act of crime, and the long-lasting trauma of being considered invisible.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780593974872
EAN:
9780593974872
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
336
Authors:
Marcie R Rendon
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date: 2024-03-09
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This was at times a joyful book to read and at times a terribly sad book to read. I could feel the ties of this community binding them together, whether they were running, at ceremony, or in mourning together. I also loved gaining a deeper understanding of this community, the rituals they shared and the danger they faced. It was terrifying to realize that Quill was right in her belief that the police weren’t doing enough. I wanted to yell at her to be careful, felt her husbands fear for her safety, yet couldn’t help but cheer as she doggedly refused to let these Native women, strangers and friends, just disappear. I won’t forget this book anytime soon.
I enjoyed the plot of this book, but the editing was awful. There were so many errors and inconsistencies. This could have been a 4.5 star book, and with such an important theme of #mmiwg, more care should have been taken to turn out a better product.
At first I didn't know if we were in Canada, or the US. After the first couple of pages, I figured out we were in the US.The characters are well written, and the book is well thought out. I highly recommend this book. It's one that will keep you reading, you won't want to put it down.
This might be the most graphic and vivid treatment of #MMIW that I have read to date. I am so glad that this subject is being put out for display. The travesty is as old as humankind, but it still needs to be eradicated. Bravo Marcie Rendon. Mii gwayok. Miigwech.
Love this book…women bravely helping each other…love the writing style…highly Recommended to readers of native literature especially. Thank heaven, she wrote several !
