The round house book club

The round house is louise erdrichs 26th book and practice has made perfect. The round house is a novel by american writer louise erdrich first published on october 2, 2012 by the harpercollins publishing company. Round house book club is free to attend, but please let us know youll be coming. I am still reading the round house and had to put aside another book i was in the midst of the goldfinch by donna tartt a gruelling 784 pages. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. This is a coming of age novel about a teenage boy on a native american reservation whose mother is raped. After discussing it with my book club, i moved up my opinion of it. It follows the reverberations of a lynching near the ojibwe. One of the books used in the study was the round house. Join us in february for the round house by louise erdich.

The first book club meeting will be held in the round house lobby on saturday, october 12 at 3. Riveting, paradigmshifting, and expansive, the round house has won the national book award as well as many others. In the round house louise erdrich threads a gripping mystery and multilayered portrait of a community through a deeply affecting comingofage novel. As joe watches from the sidelines, his father, a judge, struggles to work within the legal system to find and prosecute the perpetrator. And if one only had time to read one of erdrichs books, the round house is the one to read. Located on a brow of copperwood ridge, round house is an easy walk to tryalls world class tennis courts, its gym and other amenities, and a 3minute ride by the villas. What elements make this book a good choice for discussion. The round house summary and study guide supersummary. The round house october cc book club selection college.

The round house, by louise erdrich louise erdrichs latest novel examines the way violence can give rise to violence, as a young native american man pursues justice for his mother. The round house won the national book award for fiction. If anyone is able to find it, please let me know and ill add it here. Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of love medicine, the beet queen, and the bingo palace, erdrichs the round house is a pageturning masterpiece of literary fiction at once a powerful comingofage story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture. This novel won the national book award, along with some other. We will be discussing oyinkan braithwaites my sister the serial killer. Our october cc book cub selection is the round house by louise erdrich, set on a fictional ojibwe indian reservation in north dakota. The round house october cc book club selection page 9. On a quiet spring sunday that has yearold joe wishing something out of the ordinary would happen, his mother, geraldine, arrives home bloody, shaking, and reeking of gasoline. She will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Mom is traumatized and will speak to no one for a month. Oct 02, 2012 november 15, 2012 the national book awards, announced wednesday night, honored both longtime writers and new authors, from louise erdrich for her novel the round house, to katherine boo for.

One of the most revered novelists of our timea brilliant chronicler of nativeamerican lifelouise erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, pulitzer prize finalist the plague of doves with the round house, transporting readers to the ojibwe reservation in north dakota. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Their quest takes them first to the round house, a sacred space and place of worship for. Delightfully whimsical with wonderful ocean and golf course views, round house offers classical jamaican and american style with plenty of space and exuberant gardens. Oct 02, 2012 erdrich returns to the north dakota ojibwe community she introduced in the plague of doves 2008akin but at a remove from the community she created in the continuum of books from love medicine to the red convertiblein this story about the aftermath of a rape. The roundhouse is a unique, historic property overlooking a beautiful waterfall, rushing creek and bustling street corner in charming beacon, ny. The book of unknown americans the hound of the baskervilles by arthur conan doyle and the house of silk by anthony horowitz duet just rementioned by mathmom to the lighthouse by virginia woolf i removed mr. In this novel, thirteen year old joe struggles to find a way to help his mother in the aftermath of a brutal attack. Race, politics, injustice, religion, superstition, magic, and the boundary between childhood and adulthood are explored in the round house. Domestic violence nnedv for the reader with a cause book club group on. If you like our questions please feel free to use them and dont.

This 39page guide for the round house by louise erdrich includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 11 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The round house by louise erdrich as our october book club selection. The victim of a recent attack, geraldine coutts is reluctant to relive or reveal to anyone what happened. The family dynamics and the reversal of roles that takes place in the aftermath of the attack. Its a really special place and i wouldnt be where i am now without it. Her debut novel, love medicine, won the national book. Dec 03, 2012 the round house by louise erdrich 2012 harpercollins 2012 323 pp. Choose a theme or two and trace how it is demonstrated in a characters life throughout the novel. Erdrich has received the library of congress prize in. Your gift ensures round house can be a home for outstanding ensemble acting and lifelong learning. We believe in the power of creativity to transform lives. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors.

Round table readers literary book club, graham, north carolina. Its been a long time since i went to a book club meeting and no one had anything particularly negative to say about a book. Her son, joe, becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends to get some answers of his own. And it makes for a compelling discussion among your next book club meeting.

The book also offers insight into the treatment of indigenous people by non indigenous people. This winner of the 2012 national book award is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his. Oct 14, 2012 the round house represents something of a departure for erdrich, whose past novels of indian life have usually relied on a rotating cast of narrators, a kind of storytelling chorus. This is the first of a week and a half posts from readers about louise erdrichs the round house 2012. A recent convert to louise erdrich, i was excited when the round house won the national book award last month, the first major award erdrich has taken home since she won the national book critics circle award for her debut novel, love medicine, in 1984. Public hosted by round house theatre and loyalty books upshur street.

It delves into race, religion, socioeconomics, truth, revenge, and justice. Round house theatre explore whats on stage round house. Set in the late 1980s, this novel follows joe, a teenager who is not only struggling with typical teen angst, but who finds himself in the center of an investigation into rape that is complicated by the blurry lines of justice between the united states government and indian reservations. I read it and, while okay, its more of a read it yourself kind of book. Round house book club reads camouflage loyalty bookstores. The round house won the national book award and was later selected for book crossing, a shared reading program between mount prospect public library and our sister city, sevres, france.

The round house, by louise erdrich the new york times. The round house won the national book award for fiction one of the most revered novelists of our timea brilliant chronicler of nativeamerican lifelouise erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, pulitzer prize finalist the plague of doves with the round house, transporting readers to the ojibwe reservation in north dakota. Round table readers literary book club home facebook. What begins as an investigation into the grisly death of a neighbors dog results in a remarkable comingofage journey for 15yearold christopher boone.

May 18, 20 the round house, winner of the 2012 national book award for fiction, is a fusion of two stories, although that seedling image suggests an apter term. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp. Im giving the round house three stars because, although i enjoyed reading it, i wasnt. The round house is erdrichs 14th novel and is part of her justice trilogy of novels, with the plague of doves released in 2008 and larose in 2016. For december, fbc will read the round house, by louise erdrich. Discussion questions for the round house by louise. With your support, we can continue to tell stories that inspire compassion, evoke emotions, and demand conversation. We all agreed that the love the boy feels for his family was the most moving part of the story. The round house louise erdrich, 2012 harpercollins 369 pp. Pick up book club copies from the service desk at the aurora hills branch library. A book that is focused on an adolescent boy whose mother is raped on the reservation. Oct 12, 2012 in 1988, a north dakota ojibwe indian family suffers a crisis when geraldine, a tribal judges wife, is brutally raped near the round house, a place for religious ceremonies. This novel will have you reading at warp speed to see what happens next star tribune.