There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange


There There: A Novel
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One of the 10 Best Books of the Year The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize One of the best books of the year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews. New York Times Best Seller Tommy Orange's "groundbreaking, extraordinary" ( The New York Times) There There is the "brilliant, propulsive" ( People Magazine) story of 12 unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. It's "the year's most galvanizing debut novel" ( Entertainment Weekly). As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.  There There is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. It's "masterfulwhite hotdevastating" ( The Washington Post) at the same time as it is fierce, funny, suspenseful, thoroughly modern, and impossible to pause. Here is a voice we have never heard a voice full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. Tommy Orange has written a stunning novel that grapples with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and profound spirituality, and with a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide. This is the book that everyone is talking about right now, and it's destined to be a classic.

There There: A Novel Reviews

  • A Book Vacation

    Y’all. This book. It packs a punch like no other, and I was captivated by it as the stories began to intertwine and come to a head, to one final moment that brings the characters all together in this gripping tale transcending multiple generations. Gripping is an

  • Rafael Moscatel

    Tommy Orange effectively frames up a narrative that is full of angst, sadness and raw contempt, weaving a series of Native American allegories and historical set pieces that create context for the voices we’re introduced to in the first few chapters. This is a young writer

  • AnitaPeron

    I heard an interview with Tommy Orange and he was so thoughtful and intelligent he had a deeply human way of talking about things and making connections that welcomed the listener into the conversation. The minute I got home, I bought There There and dove into

  • Bella

    Great book!!

  • Katherine Y

    “There is no there there.” This phrase sums up the experience of twelve Native Americans in this novel as they try to transition from reservations to life in modern American cities. The city in this case is Oakland. All of the Native American characters are trying to

  • Jennifer R. Pournelle

    That survival is not resilience; that trials that do not kill you do not, in fact, make you stronger; that things are as they are, and are the legacy of all that has actually passed; and yet, that life is an ongoing decision, anchored in who we decide we are: these truths

  • MimiDiana

    This is a well written book, an important book. The writer took his time in telling this story, and it contains well documented facts. It is a book that points out many difficult historical (and present day) truths, and I am glad I read it. Having said that, I

  • nvh2os

    I have friends and a son in law who are members of different tribes.the There are experiences as indigenous people are not so different. The stories in this book provide insight into just a few of those experiences and the generational trauma that goes with them. I don't