Louise Erdrich – The Night Watchman
Louise Erdich’s novel is set in 1953 and follows Thomas Wazhushk, the night watchman at the fist factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He’s also a council member trying to understand a new bull called an ‘emancipation bill’ which threatens the rights of Native Americans and their land. Pixie is unlike the other girls on the reservation and she needs to save every penny she can to find her missing sister. In The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich weaves past, present and future generations into a tale of preservation and progress, illuminating the best and worst impulses of human nature.