Little, Brown

The Sentence is Louise Erdrich's inventive, genre-blending novel following Tookie, a woman who takes a job at a small Minneapolis bookstore after serving time in prison, only to find the store haunted by the ghost of Flora, an eccentric and overly devoted customer who died on All Souls' Day. As the haunting intensifies, the story unfolds against the backdrop of the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd, weaving Tookie's personal reckoning with grief, redemption, and community into a vivid portrait of a city in upheaval. Wry, tender, and unexpectedly funny even at its darkest moments, this is a celebration of books, bookstores, and the ways stories keep us tethered to the living and the dead. A distinctive and deeply moving read from a modern literary master.

Author: Louise Erdrich

Genre: Literary Fiction | Language: English (original edition)