![]() ![]() People are disconnected from the land (rarely willingly). Mothers are disconnected from their children (sometimes willingly), spouses from each other, as well as lovers and siblings. Sometimes, alone in her room in the dark, she thought she knew what it might be like.” ![]() “It was that moment, that one moment, of realizing you were totally empty. ![]() There is a lot of disconnect in this novel, even beyond its structure. The circumstances of her death were notorious but even more remarkable are the ripples outwards, primarily surrounding the identity of her two sons, one who is acknowledged outwardly to be her son (King) and one whom everyone knows to be her son (Lipsha, who was adopted by Nector and Marie Kashpaw). As readers encounter them in the book, however, each section begins with a character’s name (also, sometimes, a date).Įmotionally, Love Medicine is rooted in 1981, spiralling around June Morrissey’s death. The work feels episodic, but readers are situated more clearly than the table of contents suggests in a list, the sections appear cohesive, as though the chapters are simply named. In 2009, one of those was removed completely and the other appears in an appendix. In 1995, two sections were added like short stories. Love Medicine was originally published in 1984, but the author has revised it twice. This is not a linear story it meanders across time and space, readers must scurry to catch the threads and hold them in a way in which one could weave with them. ![]()
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