ReviewsBeautiful. . . . Shows us a place where love, fate and chance are woven together like a braid, a world where daily life is enriched by a powerful spiritual presence., "Beautiful...Shows us a place where love, fate and chance are woven together like a braid, a world where daily life is enriched by a powerful spiritual presence.""--New York Times Book Review""Wonderful...hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true."--Pam Houston, " Los Angeles Times Book Review"
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SynopsisLouise Erdrich's award-winning novels about contemporary Native American life have captivated readers across the nation. This latest novel, now in trade paperback, continues the tetralogy that began with Love Medicine and provides the link between the previous books with the character of Lipsha Morrissey. The Bingo Palace focuses on Lipsha's return to the reservation and his romance with the beautiful Shawnee Ray., "Wonderful. . . hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true."--Los Angeles Times Book Review From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring power of cherished dreams. At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time--with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma--on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction., A tapestry woven from the stories of the characters from "Love Medicine," "The Beet Queen," and "Tracks," this widely acclaimed bestseller is "wonderful . . . hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense and penetratingly true .""--Los Angeles Times Book Review" "Beautiful...Shows us a place where love, fate and chance are woven together like a braid, a world where daily life is enriched by a powerful spiritual presence." "--New York Times Book Review" "Wonderful...hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true."--Pam Houston, "Los Angeles Times Book Review", "Wonderful. . . hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring power of cherished dreams. At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time--with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma--on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction., From award-winning New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes this novel of spiritual death, lyrical prose, and wild hope: a striking, luminous chapter in Erdrich's Ojibwe saga. At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time--with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma--on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction. Louise Erdrich's luminous novel The Bingo Palace is a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring power of cherished dreams. "Wonderful...hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true."--Los Angeles Times Book Review