The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

"An extravagant and colourful story of family feuds, illicit love and murder…a lavish celebration of the natural world and the mysteries that lie within it"
'Sunday Telegraph'

Cecilia lives for those hours when she can play her beloved Chopin on the piano. The very air of the convent thickens with the passion of her music, and the young girl is soon asked to leave. Coming across the corpse of a drowned priest, Cecilia makes a decision that will change her life for ever. Hiding her figure beneath the heavy clothes of the dead man, she begins her journey north to the tiny community of Little No Horse – and into the fierce hardships of her new identity as a missionary.

"Rocks and rollicks between drama and comedy, and then swoops and soars into descriptions of romantic and religious exaltation…Some of Erdrich's set pieces are dazzlingly funny, while her evocations of suffering and loss can be heartbreaking"
'TLS'

"Encompasses a profound sense of the astonishing range of human yearning: the ways in which people and communities find the love, laughter and meanings they need to get through"
'Independent'

"Erdrich's North Dakota has the same mythological imprint as Annie Proulx's Newfoundland. Best enjoyed on a Veranda with something sweet and distilled"
'Guardian'