THE SENTENCE: Louise Erdrich

A copy of the Sentence by Louise Erdrich on a wooden table next to an open book and pair of glasses

THE SENTENCE

by Louise Erdrich

Even if this book wasn't by one of my favourite authors, the blurb still would have hooked me at 'an ex-con bookseller is haunted by the ghost her most annoying former customer'. Tough, witty and dry, Tookie is an Ojibwe woman, an excellent bookseller and a brilliant narrator who guides us through this story of hauntings, marriage, politics and covid with humour and (under the sarcasm) a real sweetness. Read this if you like ghost stories or are curious about what it's like to work at a bookshop during a pandemic.

- Reviewed by Kat

 

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