num_pages: 368
description: On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt and her husband. So begins an exhilarating forty-year saga brimming with colorful, unforgettable characters: ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle; seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival; Sita, their lovely but disturbed cousin; and the half-Native American Celestine James, who will become Mary’s best friend. Theirs is a story grounded in the tenacity of relationships, the extraordinary magic of natural events, and the unending mystery of the human condition.Bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich dazzles in this vibrant and heartfelt tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love that explores with empathy, humor, and power the eternal mystery of the human condition.
language: English
title: The Beet Queen
titlecomplete: The Beet Queen
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 13565
places: North Dakota
series: Love Medicine
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial