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What is the significance of the novel’s title? How does Erdrich play with the title throughout her novel, and what larger message does this express?
Why does Erdrich choose an independent bookstore as the setting of much of her novel?
In what ways is the ghost of Flora a metaphor? Analyze Tookie’s characterization and/or Erdrich’s theme through the metaphorical meaning of the ghost.
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