Literary Fiction
Wandering Stars
2024·336 pages
A multigenerational saga of a Native American family, tracing colonial trauma and healing from the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre to the present.
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A multigenerational saga of a Native American family, tracing colonial trauma and healing from the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre to the present.
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A heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations
Following the arc of two centuries, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 to the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its own people.
It is also the tender, shattering story of several generations of a Native American family, searching for ways through displacement and pain, towards home and hope: a wondrous novel of poetry, music, rage and love, from one...
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Sexual content
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Sexual assault depicted; little conventional romantic content
Violence & gore
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Sand Creek Massacre, murder, shootings; graphic colonial violence and injury
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Central multigenerational addiction; alcoholism and opioid abuse depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Forced assimilation via boarding schools; religious bigotry themes
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central themes of colonization, genocide, and forced assimilation
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation, self-harm, and suicide attempts depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Genocide, residential school abuse, sexual assault, generational trauma
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