The tapestry of colonial trauma is harrowing yet healing in Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

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Pulitzer-nominated Native American’s eye-opening second novel. The tapestry of colonial trauma is harrowing yet healing. Survivors’ stories provide gritty testament to the moral confusion of life in the aftermath of atrocity in the novel. Tommy Orange's second novel is published in May 2015.

Tommy Orange's second novel moves from 19th-century massacres to present-day Oakland. The Native American story is painfully alive in an impressive second novel. The novel is set in the heart of the Native American community in Oakland, California. Orange's latest novel is a look at the wounds of Native American history.

Tommy Orange's second novel moves from 19th-century massacres to present-day Oakland. The Native American story is painfully alive in an impressive second novel. The novel is set in the heart of the Native American community in Oakland, California. Orange's latest novel is a look at the wounds of Native American history.