"Erdrich returns with another emotionally resonant novel -- about trauma, grief, love and forgiveness -- that proves she hasn't lost her knack for engendering empathy in deeply flawed characters, for mining meaning out of the small moments and for seamlessly wading into one of the most controversial issues of the day." - New York Post "Captivating." - Time "A captivating tale of love and everyday life amid environmental upheaval and the 2008 financial crisis. Erdrich excels at the slow simmer, and once again she delivers a deliciously seductive masterwork." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[A] deft, almost winsome novel. Erdrich's writing feels both effortless and wise. In this tender and capacious story, love and tragedy mingle along the river and into the world." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The way Erdrich's characters look at and deal with the world remains as grounded and enchanting as ever.
She is a treasure." - Daily Kos "A novel set in a small prairie community in Argus, North Dakota, that somehow also captures the world." - Parade "Absorbing." - AARP "When Louise Erdrich releases a book, you pay attention. Erdrich employs her signature wisdom, compassion, and moments of humor to bring these characters to life as they navigate economic and emotional hardship, with flashes of connection." - The Skimm "In her first novel since The Sentence, Erdrich displays all her writing talents. [The Mighty Red] is tender-hearted, often funny and sometimes dark. Describing the plot of The Mighty Red can't capture Erdrich's poetic writing about hopes, dreams, hallucinations, fears and tragedy.
" - St. Paul Pioneer Press "A new novel from Louise Erdrich.is always a literary event, and her latest continues one of American literature's most remarkable winning streaks[, ] touching on everything from the climate crisis to the way in which familial dynasties visit their failings and foibles on each generation." - The Guardian "[A] sweeping, tender-hearted epic about ordinary people who have no option but to forge ahead in the face of tragedy." - Harper's Bazaar "[Erdrich is] a master, a legend at building stories around community. This is a book about family and community. It is a book about upward mobility and finding our true passions. You will love Kismet.
" - Jenna Bush Hager, Today/The Read with Jenna Book Club "A new novel from Louise Erdrich--winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, if you didn't know--is always something to celebrate. Start clearing off space on your bedside table now." - Literary Hub "[A] finely woven tale of anguish and desire, crimes and healing. With irresistible characters, dramatic predicaments, crisp wit, gorgeously rendered settings, striking ecological facts, and a cosmic dimension, Erdrich's latest tale of the plains reverberates with arresting revelations." - Booklist "A poignant novel of place. Sweetness blends indissolubly with tragedy." - Wall Street Journal "[A]n enthralling ode and elegy to the people of North Dakota's Red River Valley. Erdrich is at her best.
There is an amiable, inventive quality to all of Erdrich's 19 novels that in part explains how it is possible to be hugely entertained while learning why farmers require increasingly powerful pesticides or what our collective sweet tooth is costing the planet. Erdrich calls on us to heal our frayed bond with the earth, and to regard it, as she does, with wonder." - Los Angeles Times "A beautifully achieved story of ordinary lives shaped by love, work and landscape." - Sainsbury's Magazine.