Funny and heart-rending, Alexie tells us the story of a year in his life growing up on an Indian reservation, with all of its glory, its poverty, and its cultural riches.
Written in the voice of a young teen-age boy who doesn't quite fit in -- do any of us? -- the diary's author is honest, touching, funny, and vulnerable. He describes living in poverty, and the consequences that can have. He describes the bad -- the alcoholism and the violence -- and the good -- the devotion to family and the tribe -- in Indian culture.
He gives us a brief look at life on the reservations, and the varying attempts people have to escape and move on.
Read the book. It's worth it. It was a National Book Award winner in 2007.
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