It is 1953 in rural North Dakota. Thomas Wazbushk is the nightwatchman at the first factory to open neasr the Turtle Mountain Reservation. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member and deeply troubled by the US Government's proposed new *Emancipation Bill' Far from offering the Chippewa's more freedom, it is a betrayal - threatening the rights of North Americans to their land, their veery identity. Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteaue works at the same factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother let alone her alcoholic father who sometmes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to save if she is ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister, Vera.

Well I'm sorry to say I have to mark this book as DNF. I've read and enjoyed other work by this author but unfortunately I just couldn't engage with this one for some reason. Maybe it was the boxing element as that is a 'sport' I have a strong aversion to.

Taking to the mini meet at Mrs Bridges restaurant.

Thank you