Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine.” Note: The cover shows the title “Love Machine,” however, the correct title for the book is “Love Medicine,” and the author’s first name is “Louise” not “Luis.”
May: “Love Medicine”
Set on an Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, Love Medicine follows the deeply intertwined lives of two families: the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. The novel’s themes of enduring love and familial virtue contrast starkly with ever-growing injustice and betrayal against native communities. Erdrich artfully blends tightly woven narratives and moments of heartbreak in this 1984 classic.