In the holy city of Tova

Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves

— Mary Thomas ― CM: Canadian Review of Materials

faced with dispossession and pressure to adopt new ways

The Night Watchman leadership In the holy city ofWinner of the Pulitzer Prize. "Erdrich at her radiant best" Booklist Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award winning author Louise Erdrichs grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D. C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling