In the Night of Memory

"With In the Night of Memory, Linda LeGarde Grover offers us a gift of story across generations of Native American women. This book examines what it means to grow up poor, grow up female, and grow up in a place that should be home but feels far from belonging. Grover creates a tapestry of history and imagination, a weaving of perspectives beautiful and wise, a collection of truths that anchors and honors the experiences of Indigenous women."--Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father

"In the Night of Memory is a moving story of loss and recovery in Native America. Linda LeGarde Grover has created fully realized characters pushed to the margins of their own lives but who, nevertheless, manage to live on their own terms. Riding on the wave of this poignant novel are some of the most important issues affecting American Indians today, including the loss of family and heritage and the destruction and disappearance of American Indian women. A remarkable achievement."--David Treuer

"Once again Linda LeGarde Grover skillfully knots together the lives of Anishinaabeg connected to the fictional Mozhay Point Reservation. Like lace, the knotted pattern has gaps, absence, loss, and a design because of what--because of who--is missing. Set across decades and told through generations of relatives, In the Night of Memory mirrors actual history, from government removal of American Indian children to our current crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States and Canada. The intimate and interested narrative voices carry the readers, keeping them witnessing and understanding how what happened in the past never stops happening--and continues to impact communities today."--Heid Erdrich

"In the Night of Memory is character driven and lyrical. Its vast, distinct chorus of matrilineal American Indian voices ring in melancholic yet dauntless tones, clarifying that community and nurturing can ameliorate absence."--Foreword Reviews, starred review

"This coming of age story brings together themes of missing women, family and community, complicated histories and collective wisdoms."--Ms. Magazine

"The tragic legacy of Indian boarding schools, including Rainy's fetal alcohol syndrome, hovers over Grover's sad but ultimately uplifting tale."--Booklist

"Told with vibrancy by an Ojibwe professor and poet, this own voices story of Ojibwe girls in a situation only too common for indigenous families shouldn't be missed."--Library Journal

"Readers will come to love the strong, capable women who tell their stories here, from Azure and Rain to Dolly, with whom the girls live after they return to the reservation, their cousin Artense and women who remember Loretta as a neglected child."--Twin Cities Pioneer Press

"With gorgeous imagery and verdant prose, LeGarde Grover's novel lays bare the pain and loss of indigenous women and children while simultaneously offering a ray of hope."--Publishers Weekly

"A gorgeously written story of inherited trauma and inherited resilience."--Shondaland

"Powerful and moving. This is a tale of loss, of caring for others who cannot care for themselves, of trying to right a past that is deeply wrong, and of acceptance that life is never easy. It's a tale of how, despite life's hardships, people continue to hope, find happiness, try to find where they belong, and learn to be grateful for what few good things come into their lives."--Marquette Monthly

"A must read for students and scholars alike. Grover's ability to connect historical trauma to the problems currently facing Indigenous women are outstanding and her attention to detail creates a lasting connection to the story."--Tribal College