"'You're still my dove,' he said later on. 'I'll never stop loving you'.
But she terrified him, freezing his love. And he could hear the death of certainty in what he said. The worst kind of loneliness gripped him- the kind you feel along side another person." Chapter 5

"He still thought of getting drunk every day, but he'd gotten used to the thought and stood outside of it."

"...the stones cut with words- DREAM. LOVE. LIVE.
'Why not THROW?', said Josette. 'How come they don't have one that just says THROW?'
'You don't get inspiration, do you?', said Snow.
'That's not inspiration, that's mawkish.'"
- beginning of chapter 4. no truer words were ever spoken.

I've been an Erdrich fan for awhile, but am so excited to get to listen to Erdrich herself narrate her newest novel. There is something magical about hearing the person who wrote the words speak the words out loud.✨