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True North
True North | Gary Eller
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Life has always been difficult and dangerous for those living on and around the Turtle Mountain Reservation. Everyone has a story. Everyone has a secret. Everyone thinks theyre only connected to their neighbors by the isolated, peculiar town they share. Orphaned Sioux Ida Florence Little Shay is determined to escape the life before her, but her course of action only draws her into a world of increasing conflict and deepening poverty. Young Fawn Breen appears as if she is from a different century. With her primitive, animalistic father as her only companion, she is forced to look after herself when she is thrust into society. Harold Peavey is an idealistic young man who finds his views of the world in severe conflict with those around him, facing ostracism by his community when he refuses to abandon his beliefs. Enduring mistakes, tragedies, secrets, and long-held grudges spanning the 1930s-1960s that have permanently marked them, these three Great Plains farm families clash together as they struggle to survive and find their way in an ever-changing world.
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True North | Gary Eller
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There are a lot of characters and I found it difficult to either remember who was who and/or who was related to whom in what way. It took a long time for me to figure out that these three pregnant girls were not of the same generation. I sometimes found it difficult to remember which characters were indigenous. There were very few likable characters. The story itself ended up being ok, but it took a while at the start to get “into” it.