The heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations, from the author ofNew York TimesbestsellerThere There
Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century,Wandering Starsis an indelible novel of America's war on its own people.
It is also the tender, shattering story of many generations of a Native American family, struggling to find ways through displacement, addiction and pain, towards home and hope.
Readers of Orange's classic debutThere Therewill know some of these characters and will be eager to learn what happened to Orvil Red Feather after the Oakland Powwow. New readers will discover a wondrous novel of poetry, music, rage and love, from one of the most astonishing voices of his generation.
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Author Info
Tommy Orange was born and raised in Oakland, California. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Tommy currently teaches at the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts.There Thereis his first novel.