Montana 1948
by Larry Watson
2020-03-20 15:50:08
The tragic tale of a Montana family ripped apart by scandal and murder: âa significant and elegant addition to the fiction of the American Westâ (Washington Post). In the summer of 1948, twelve-year-old David Hayden witnessed and experience...
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The tragic tale of a Montana family ripped apart by scandal and murder: âa significant and elegant addition to the fiction of the American Westâ (Washington Post). In the summer of 1948, twelve-year-old David Hayden witnessed and experienced a series of cataclysmic events that would forever change the way he saw his family. The Haydens had been pillars of their small Montana town: Davidâs father was the town sheriff; his uncle Frank was a war hero and respected doctor. But the familyâs solid foundation was suddenly shattered by a bombshell revelation. The Haydenâs Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, tells them that Frank has been sexually assaulting his female Indian patients for yearsâand that she herself was his latest victim. As the tragic fallout unravels around David, he learns that truth is not what one believes it to be, that power is abused, and that sometimes one has to choose between loyalty and justice. Winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize
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