There There

A novel

Author  Tommy Orange
There There

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • HEATHER'S PICK • A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOK

A contemporary classic, this “astonishing literary debut” (Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale) “really is that good” (New York Times). 

Here is a story of several people, each of whom has private reasons for travelling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honour his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather, who has taught himself traditional…