There There

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER ΓÇó A wondrous and shattering novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow,all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feathernewly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendenepulling his life together after his uncleΓÇÖs death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvilcoming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Togetherthis chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native AmericanΓÇögrappling with a complex and painful historywith an inheritance of beauty and spiritualitywith communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classicThere There is at once poignant and unflinchingutterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.