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Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
What is the significance of the novel’s title? How does Erdrich play with the title throughout her novel, and what larger message does this express?
Why does Erdrich choose an independent bookstore as the setting of much of her novel?
In what ways is the ghost of Flora a metaphor? Analyze Tookie’s characterization and/or Erdrich’s theme through the metaphorical meaning of the ghost.
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