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Calling for a Blanket Dance
Calling for a Blanket Dance | Oscar Hokeah
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"A young Native American boy in a splintering family grasps for stability and love, making all the wrong choices until he finds a space of his own"--
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Kristy_K
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This was such an interesting way to tell a story. We learn about Ever by hearing from the perspectives of those close to him: his grandmother, mother, cousin, and so on. Each voice and story is unique and gives insight into both their lives and struggles but also how they shaped Ever and how he helped shape them.

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steph_phanie
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I had high expectations going in, & I was still kind of blown away! Hard to believe this a debut novel!

Ever Geimausaddle is trying to figure out how to belong to the world as a young man who is both Native American and Mexican. Told largely through other members of his family, we see how their struggles have shaped his own.

Heartbreaking & beautifully written. I highly recommend it, especially if you have ever called Oklahoma home.

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Tamra
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A novel centered on Ever, a man of Native American & Mexican heritage, navigating a complicated legacy and life in OK. Though Ever is the MC, the novel weaves together a number of other characters‘ stories into an intergenerational web of connections. I loved the sense of community and spirituality imbued throughout, a necessary means to counter violence, substance abuse, and poverty.

Tamra The cover art captures elements of the story so well! The mask was my favorite part of the novel. (edited) 4mo
Reggie This book was great. I spent the last quarter of it crying. When that lady gets their blankets back…..oof. Glad you liked it. 4mo
Tamra @Reggie ☺️ And not a one would accept her money either. (If I‘m recalling correctly.) 4mo
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Reggie
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@batsy Thanks for the tag.
1. Calling for a Blanket Dance. Followed by The Water Knife because living in the Southwest in a decade or 2 is gonna be scary. Followed by Heat Wave by Penelope Lively for her lovely writing and Davina Porter narration.
2. Hopefully a really good horror story.
Tagging anyone who wants to play.

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batsy Thanks for playing! I moved Water Knife up the list because of your review. Definitely need to get to the Lively as well, I've seen nothing but good reviews. 4mo
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Reggie
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Easily in my top 5 this year. We follow the life of Ever, a part Cherokee, part Kiowa, part Mexican man who as a baby witnessed violence that infects the rest of his life. It‘s told by by different relatives as he grows up. It takes place in Oklahoma and features many native customs. It‘s all about family, the hurt and the healing. So good effing good! Pick!

jlhammar Awesome! I‘m hoping to start this over the weekend. 4mo
Addison_Reads Great review. I have wanted to read this one since it was published. 4mo
CarolynM You‘ve sold me. Stacked🙂 4mo
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Tamra Stacked! 4mo
Reggie @jhammar @Addison_Reads @CarolynM @Tamra I hope ya‘ll like it if you get to it. In the back the author talks about toxic masculinity and how he was trying to write about it but there are some female characters in here I would have loved to read a novel about. Enjoy! 4mo
AllDebooks Great review. Stacked 4mo
Centique Wow! High praise indeed. Stacked 👍 4mo
Rissreads Sold! I‘m your twelfth stack add! Great review 👏🏻 4mo
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Kazzie
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Great inter generational story! I liked the history of US indigenous heritage. I liked how the story of one boy was told through the eyes of his family

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CaitlinR
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What a staggering novel! In alternating voices and stories, Hokeah gifts us with the lives of the Geimaussadles: part Native American (Kiowa, Cherokee) part Mexican, set largely in Oklahoma. The author speaks of the struggle to hold on to family and identity. To use their heritage to survive in a world that subjects them to humiliation and brutality. There is despair here, but also hope. “… and then I ask, tla, I beg, I say, “Forgive me,””

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canbku
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Here we go with a new print book sure to be called back to the library ASAP!

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jlhammar
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#Bookmail! Look forward to reading Maps soonish for #Booker2022. Very excited for tagged debut and the Pulley, but it may be a while before I get to them. Hope to read Blanket Dance in November. Valery K seems like the kind of historical fiction I might want to sink into once the snow falls.

BarbaraBB I started Maps today! 2y
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