Edgar: Book Club: “Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange

Join us to discuss “Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange for our November book club.

Synopsis from The Masters Review:

This family saga is both a prequel and sequel to Tommy Orange’s brilliant debut novel, “There There.” It follows a family for over 150 years, from Jude Star escaping the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 to the Bear Shield/Red Feather family in present day Oakland. In the family’s struggles against institutionalized violence, genocide was only the beginning. Each generation inherits the trauma of their ancestors while facing fresh injustices. The government-sponsored erasure of Native American identity, cultures, languages and beliefs doesn’t completely strip them of their heritage, but what survives is fragmented and incomplete. Star and his descendants try to rebuild their shattered identity, either by reconstructing the pieces or by replacing them with other things: sometimes art, sometimes addiction, often both.

Everyone is welcome to join the discussion. For more information, contact 715-352-3155.