Green Grass, Running Water

from LibraryCin

This was a reread for my f2f book club. Originally read: 10ish years ago. I'm not sure there was much of a "plot" to this one. Alberta is dating two men, Lionel and Charlie. She wants a baby but doesn't want to get married. There are four escaped Indians from a hospital and people are looking for...

from fatmashahin

It had some interesting things to say, but ultimately, I think this book tried to take on too many ideas. Racism, sexism, heteronormativity, cultural appropriation, Western culture, Native culture, the Bible and its religious figures, various novels and figures, colonization. It was just too much...

from Carlathelibrarian

I read this book as part of a bookclub read. I had just finished The Inconvenient Indian so probably was on King overload. I found this book hard to get into because it was so hard to follow. The real life characters were the best part of the story for me, but all the symbolism and story telling ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Oh dear. While reading this, I felt frustrated. I didn't find it funny." I didn't think it unlike other Native fiction. I didn't understand it, or like it. *However* - days & other books later, I'm still thinking about it, and some glimmers of understanding are coming to me as I see something in ...

from lrobe190

The plot revolves around the escape from a mental hospital of four very old Indians called Ishmael, Hawkeye, Robinson Crusoe and the Lone Ranger. These, however, are no ordinary natives. They may be the last survivors of the Indians interned at Fort Marion in Florida in the 19th century. Or perha...