The Round House
Author: Louise Erdrich
Librarian’s note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereOne of the most revered novelists of our time – a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life – Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told….Read More
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