![]() ![]() Gathered together again to mourn June, years of conflict flare up. Many of the men in the family have alcoholism, and many of the women in the family live with domestic abuse. Marie is married to Nector Kashpaw, whose health is declining with age. Albertine’s grandmother, Marie Lazarre, is a matriarchal figure for many people in their community. Away studying medicine, Albertine resents her mother but begrudgingly returns to her family at the reservation for summer break. They drive away together and when he falls asleep on top of her in the car, June walks into the night alone, but never makes it home.Īlbertine Johnson, June’s cousin’s daughter, receives a letter from her mother Zelda informing her of June’s burial. June, an Indigenous American woman, bar hops with a stranger. Love Medicine opens with June Morrisey’s final moments in 1981. ![]() Please be advised that Love Medicine depicts substance use, self-harm, and domestic violence. ![]() ![]() An enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized Ojibwa tribe for Indigenous Americans of mixed heritage, Erdrich is considered one of the most influential writers of the Native American Renaissance. Erdrich received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2021 for her novel The Night Watchman. Erdrich is the author of 28 books, including novels, poetry, fiction, children’s books, and non-fiction. ![]()
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