Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange is one of the most talked-about recent releases readers keep adding to their lists and it is easy to see why: generations of a Native family from a massacre to modern Oakland.
What it's about
Tommy Orange follows the acclaim of There There with a sweeping novel that traces one Native family across generations, from the aftermath of a 19th-century massacre and an Indian boarding school to the addictions and inheritances of the present. It is a searing exploration of survival, memory and the long reach of history.
Why everyone's talking about it
Wandering Stars was a bestseller and a fixture on year-end best lists, confirming Orange as one of the essential voices in contemporary American fiction after There There earned him a Pulitzer nomination.
The verdict, for now
If you want fiction that connects the historical and the intimate with real force, read this. Come for the family saga, stay for a writer illuminating a history too often erased.
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