Full name: The Beet Queen: A Novel

Author: Louise Erdrich Year: 1985 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060835279 0060835273

On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt and her husband. So begins an exhilarating forty-year saga brimming with colorful, unforgettable characters: ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle; seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival; Sita, their lovely but disturbed cousin; and the half-Native American Celestine James, who will become Mary's best friend. Theirs is a story grounded in the tenacity of relationships, the extraordinary magic of natural events, and the unending mystery of the human condition. Bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich dazzles in this vibrant and heartfelt tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love that explores with empathy, humor, and power the eternal mystery of the human condition. This book is part of the "Love Medicine" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Painted Drum" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Four Souls" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Tales of Burning Love" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Bingo Palace" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Tracks" First published in 1988 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Love Medicine" First published in 1984 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich Four Souls by Louise Erdrich Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko Tracks by Louise Erdrich The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion Mohawk by Richard Russo Celestial Navigation by Anne Tyler Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee The Ice Storm by Rick Moody The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon The Clock Winder by Anne Tyler If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon