And in 2000, Nora, a seasoned bar owner, abruptly loses her livelyhood. Berit, who is unable to conceive, finds the lake anchors her isolated life, yet those same waters ultimately test the limits of her endurance and spirit. Berit and Gunnar, a Norwegian couple, fish the great lake in 1902. As she and her family experience the abundance and hardship of living near the “big water,” her psyche and her world edge toward irreversible change. In 1622, Grey Rabbit-an Ojibwe woman, a mother and wife-struggles to understand a dream-life that has taken on fearful dimensions. The Long-Shining Waters gives us three stories whose characters are separated by centuries and circumstance, yet connected across time by the place they inhabit. Lake Superior, the north country, the great fresh-water expanse. Winner of the 2011 MILKWEED NATIONAL FICTION PRIZEĪ luminous debut novel set along the turbulent shores of Lake Superior Order on Powell’s Order on Amazon Order on IndieBound
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