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A review by lisanussd
The Beadworkers by Beth Piatote
4.0
This was a powerful book. It was a collection of short stories with the last one a play. The play was heartbreaking but so beautiful. Each story was very distinct and mostly were stories about urban Indians. One story "wIndin" was about the relationship between two friends while one of them was creating a game that had some commentary on Indian life including giveaways, I found it very funny. For every story, the writing was tight and full of insightful observations. In addition to covering Urban Indian life, the stories really dove into relationships. I was made aware of this book through the Indigenous Reading Circle. There is one suggested book a month.
"Sometimes I think love is a trap, sometimes a promise, sometimes a physics problem. Whether faith is gravity or the ability to fly is still an open question. It seems that it should be easier to chart, easier to calculate: how one loss blooms into another, how one moment of connection is a crash and another is deliverance. Desire is its own force, bringing people into our orbit and flinging our hearts far beyond our bodies, so that we have no choice but to follow."
"Sometimes I think love is a trap, sometimes a promise, sometimes a physics problem. Whether faith is gravity or the ability to fly is still an open question. It seems that it should be easier to chart, easier to calculate: how one loss blooms into another, how one moment of connection is a crash and another is deliverance. Desire is its own force, bringing people into our orbit and flinging our hearts far beyond our bodies, so that we have no choice but to follow."