Erdrich's words don't often have a lot of flourish, she writes with an unrepentant view of life. This book is the story of the marriage of Irene and Gil. Gil is a somewhat famous Native American painter who has made his career from creating portraits of his wife, also part Native American. After years of living through a tempetious marriage, Irene has fallen out of love with Gil and after finding out he has been reading her diary she decides to keep two diaries: One for him to 'secretly' read and one she keeps in a safe deposit box. The latter of the two tells the truth, the former she uses to manipulate her husband into thinking he's reading secret things about her but in fact she is planting seeds to destroy their marriage.
They are set on a course of destruction that will affect their 3 children as well as their own fates. This book is relatively short in length but deep in detail of the ruination of two people and their marriage. Well worth the read.
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