Prologue Part I Part II Prologue 11 Years Before The prologue is set 11 years before. It introduces a dissatisfied housewife (who we later learn is Shelby Tebow) with a baby who knows her husband is cheating on her. She leaves the house at night to hook up with someone named “Sam”, or at least …
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich was recently awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, landing it firmly on my to-read list. It’s a story seeped in Erdrich’s own family history, based on her grandfather’s experiences resisting the dispossession of Native American lands from the U.S. government. In addition to the response to the Termination …
The chapters in The Night Watchman are un-numbered, but I’ve added numbers to make it easier to reference. Author’s Note In the author’s note, Erdrich writes that the character of Thomas Wazhashk was based on her grandfather Patrick Gourneau who served as a tribal chairman and night watchman. He also fought against the termination of …
People We Meet on Vacation is the newest summer read by Emily Henry, who previously published the bestselling novel Beach Read. I was looking for something appropriately light and fun to listen to for a mini road trip down to Los Angeles, so I picked this one up. It turned out to be an appropriate …
Prologue (Five Summers Ago) The book opens five summers ago. Poppy Wright is on her last day of vacation at Sanibel Island, where it has rained the entire time. She’s in a bar called BAR with her best friend Alex Nilson, a high school literature teacher who has recently been dumped (by his ex, Sarah …
