"A wondrous prose song.about the enduring verities of love and surviving, and these truths are revealed in a narrative that is an invigorating mixture of the cosmic and the tragic. -- New York Times Book Review "A powerful piece of work . Louise Erdrich is the rarest kind of writer, as compassionate as she is sharp-sighted." -- Anne Tyler "The beauty of Love Medicine saves us from being completely devastated by its power." -- Toni Morrison "Lyrical and funny, mystical and down-to-earth, Love Medicine entrances." -- Christian Science Monitor "A remarkable first novel that stares more boldly at many of the truths of Native American life in the country than any fiction I've read. It is a deeply, if ironically, spirited novel.

" -- Chicago Sun-Times "A writer of truly extraordinary gifts--imaginative power, acute sensitivity, and unpretentious stylistic grace. At 34, she is completing a cycle of work already marked as a classic." -- San Francisco Chronicle.