Following Ojibwe tradition, the Iron family gives their own son, LaRose, to the Ravich family. LaRose is the story of two families whose lives are ruptured because the father of one the families, Landreaux Iron, accidentally kills the young son of the other family, the Raviches. This regional shift signals a new direction for Louise Erdrich, introducing the reader with a new geographical focus and new characters and families, but as the complex relationships untangle, Erdrich leaves enough traces that reconnect this book to her larger oeuvre. Like the earlier novels, this third book takes place in and around the Little No Horse Reservation and the nearby town of Pluto, departing from the focus of earlier books on the towns of Argus and Hoopdance on the other side of the reservation. LaRose (2016) is the third and final part of what is usually referred to as Louise Erdrich’s Justice Trilogy, preceded by The Plague of Doves (2008), and The Round House (2012).
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