Medicine Walk

Fiction & Literature, Native American & Aboriginal
Cover of the book Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese, Milkweed Editions
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Author: Richard Wagamese ISBN: 9781571319319
Publisher: Milkweed Editions Publication: May 12, 2015
Imprint: Milkweed Editions Language: English
Author: Richard Wagamese
ISBN: 9781571319319
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Publication: May 12, 2015
Imprint: Milkweed Editions
Language: English
“A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by.”
-Globe and Mail


When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking.

The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life-from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life’s fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known.
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“A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by.”
-Globe and Mail


When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking.

The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life-from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life’s fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known.

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