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Medicine River
- Narrated by: Wesley French
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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When Will returns to Medicine River, he thinks he is simply attending his mother’s funeral. He doesn’t count on Harlen Bigbear and his unique brand of community planning. Harlen tries to sell Will on the idea of returning to Medicine River to open shop as the town’s only Native photographer. Somehow, that’s exactly what happens.
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- Jennifer
- 2024-02-10
Wry, good humour
King has brilliant perceptions and turns of phrase, and knows how to tell an interesting story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-11-19
Just Ok
It was fine, nothing to write home about, found myself zoning out due to lack of intrigue.
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- Shannon Dahr
- 2022-05-24
A great story
this is the second of Thomas King's books that I have read, and while I find his satirical writing style to be quite humorous I believe that the narration of this book diminished the emotion and overall storyline to a degree.
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