Moderator---Kim
Amnesty International, in 2009, reported that one in three Native women will be raped in their lifetime. Eighty-six percent of these rapes and assaults are perpetrated by non-Native men. Few are prosecuted. This is a fictional account of one such event.
The year is 1988. The setting is an Ojibwe Reservation in North Dakota. Thirteen year old Joe Coutts not only walks the reader through the sad experience of his mother's brutal rape, he also introduces many colorful characters to the story. You get a feel for the day to day life on the Reservation and the Native Americans who live there. The Round House and it's history is explained along with traditions, ceremonies and laws still governing Indian territory.
Erdrich's book, Plague of Doves, was written before The Round House. Many of the characters appear in both books. That book was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. This book won the National Book Award.
Food:
Chocolate cake washed down with cold milk.
"A thoughtfully provoking, beautifully written whodunnit."---Kim"Well rounded story of a family crisis."---Kathy
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