THERE THERE

u003cbu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARu003ciu003e—u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eTHEu003c/iu003e u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eWINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZEu003cbru003eu003cbru003eOne of the Best Books of the Year:u003ciu003e The Washington Post, u003c/iu003eNPRu003ciu003e, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews   u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003cbu003eBEST-SELLERu003c/bu003e u003ciu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003c/iu003eTommy Orange’s “groundbreaking, extraordinary” (u003ciu003eThe New York Timesu003c/iu003e) u003ciu003eThere Thereu003c/iu003e is the “brilliant, propulsive” (u003ciu003ePeople Magazineu003c/iu003e) story of twelve unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. It’s “the year’s most galvanizing debut novel” (u003ciu003eEntertainment Weeklyu003c/iu003e).u003cbru003e  u003cbru003e As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow—some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent—momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle’s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle’s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will to perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.u003cbru003e  u003cbru003e u003ciu003eThere Thereu003c/iu003e is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seenu003ciu003e. u003c/iu003eIt’s “masterful . . . white-hot . . . devastating” (u003ciu003eThe Washington Postu003c/iu003e) at the same time as it is fierce, funny, suspenseful, thoroughly modern, and impossible to put down. Here is a voice we have never heard—a voice full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. Tommy Orange has written a stunning novel that grapples with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and profound spirituality, and with a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide. This is the book that everyone is talking about right now, and it’s destined to be a classic.