Perma Red: A Novel

Set on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation in the 1940s, this is "a love story of uncommon depth and power [and a] superb first novel" (Booklist, starred review).

On the reservation, summer is ending, and Louise White Elk is determined to forge her own path. Raised by her Grandmother Magpie after her mother's death, Louise and her sister have grown up into the harsh social and physical landscape of western Montana, where Native people endure boarding schools and life far from home.

As sh...