The Last Human Bear: A Novel

"Lush and gripping." —Rebecca Solnit

"It's revelatory on every page." —Dave Eggers

"The grand return of a master storyteller." —Peter Maravelis, City Lights Booksellers

An epic story of curses, love, hard-won independence, and healing—and the first novel in 28 years by a widely acclaimed Native writer.

Mary Hatcher lives with a curse—or is it a power that could make her life whole? A Native Pomo woman who comes of age in 1930s California, Mary keeps trying to make sense of her enigmatic family....