Medicine Walk
Richard Wagamese$20.40
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"A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by."
--Globe and Mail When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life--from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life's fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 05/12/2015
ISBN: 9781571311153
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 03/09/2015
New York Times Book Review 05/24/2015 pg. 19
--Globe and Mail When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life--from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life's fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 05/12/2015
ISBN: 9781571311153
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 03/09/2015
New York Times Book Review 05/24/2015 pg. 19