Slowly dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, begins dictating family stories he has never shared with anyone, hoping to preserve history for his children. The dignity of Donald’s death and his legacy encourages his loved ones to find a way to redeem—and let go of—the past, whether through his daughter’s emersion in Chippewa religious ideas or his mourning wife’s attempt to escape the malevolent influence of her own father. A deeply moving book about origins and endings, and how to live with honor for the dead.
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ISBN:9780802118387
Physical Description:280 p. ; 22 cm. print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Grove Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007.
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