North Dakota novels book 1 · 1984
Love Medicine
When June Kashpaw dies walking home through the snow, her family gathers on the reservation in North Dakota. Told in many voices across fifty years, the novel follows the Kashpaw and Lamartine families, their loves and rivalries.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Series
- North Dakota novels, book 1 of 11
- Published
- 1984
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Argus, North Dakota
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Love Medicine
8 recurring or key characters from Louise Erdrich’s chart. Introduces Pauline Puyat, Lulu Lamartine, Marie Kashpaw, Nector Kashpaw and 4 more.
Major 5
- Lulu LamartineFirst appearanceFleur's daughter, mother of many sons
- Marie KashpawFirst appearanceMatriarch of the Kashpaw family
- Nector KashpawFirst appearanceTribal chairman torn between Marie and Lulu
- Lipsha MorrisseyFirst appearanceJune's son, who has the touch
- June MorrisseyFirst appearanceWoman whose death opens Love Medicine
Minor and cameo 3
- Pauline PuyatFirst appearanceMixed-blood girl who becomes Sister Leopolda
- Gerry NanapushFirst appearanceLulu's son, an escaped prisoner
- Father Damien ModesteFirst appearancePriest who is secretly Agnes DeWitt
Also featuring these characters
Other Louise Erdrich books that share the most characters with Love Medicine.
- Tracks1988 · North Dakota novels · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Bingo Palace1994 · North Dakota novels · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse2001 · North Dakota novels · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Tales of Burning Love1996 · North Dakota novels · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon