Description

While appraising the property of the New Hampshire household originated from the North Dakota Indian broker, Faye Travers is shocked to find out a rare moose plank drum and skin designed sometime ago by an Ojibwe artist. And exposing the remarkable lives it's moved both backward and forward over time, following a unusual passing of a strong yet fragile device, and thus begins an illuminating trip and described. Persuasive and memorable, Louise Erdrich's Painted Drum explores the often fraught relationship between children and mothers, the effectiveness of household, and the elaborate rhythms of suffering with surprising elegance, humor, and the elegance that characterizes this author 's best work.