Why read Ceremony?

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'An exceptional novel ... a cause for celebration' Washington Post

'The most accomplished Native American writer of her generation' The New York Times Book Review

Tayo, a young Second World War veteran of mixed ancestry, is coming home. But, returning to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation, he finds himself scarred by…

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1 author picked Ceremony as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Flannery Burke

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A controversial classic – controversial because the book shares sacred Laguna clan stories, classic because the book shares the trauma and the ongoing recovery of indigenous lands and people victimized by World War II and the creation and testing of the atomic bomb.

For me, the book answers the question: how to continue when all appears lost? I turn to it when I need that insight.

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