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Left with her white grandparents, a biracial girl deals with abandonment in a 1970s rural Wisconsin town that doesnât easily accept change. Michelle LeBeau, the child of a white American father and a Japanese mother, lives with her grandparents in Deerhorn, Wisconsinâa small town that had been entirely white before her arrival. Rejected and bullied, Michelle spends her time reading, avoiding fights, and roaming the countryside with her dog Brett. She idolizes her grandfather, Charlie LeBeau, an expert hunter and former minor league baseball player who is one of the townâs most respected men. Charlie strongly disapproves of his sonâs marriage to Michelleâs mother but dotes on his only grandchild. This fragile peace is threatened when the expansion of the local clinic leads to the arrival of the Garretts, a young Black couple from Chicago. The Garrettsâ presence deeply upsets most of the residents of Deerhornâwhen Mr. Garrett makes a controversial accusation against one of the town leaders, who is also Charlie LeBeauâs best friend. In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, A River Runs Through It, and Snow Falling on Cedars, Revoyrâs new novel examines the effects of change on a small, isolated town, the strengths and limits of community, and the sometimes-conflicting loyalties of family and justice. Set in the expansive countryside of Central Wisconsin, against the backdrop of Vietnam and the post-civil rights era, Wingshooters explores both connection and loss as well as the complex but enduring bonds of family. Praise for Wingshooters âA searing, anguished novel about racial bigotry in a small, insulated Wisconsin town named Deerhorn, where people who were born there tend not to leave . . . . The narration and pace of this novel are expertly calibrated as it explores a topic one wishes still wasnât so current.â âLos Angeles Times âGripping and insightful.â âKirkus Reviews âRemarkable . . . [an] accomplished story of family and the dangers of complacency in the face of questionable justice.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review) âRevoyr writes rhapsodically of . . . the natural world and charts, with rising intensity, her resilient narratorâs painful awakening to human failings and senseless violence . . . . Revoyr drives to the very heart of tragic ignorance, unreason, and savagery.â âBooklist (starred review) âNina Revoyr is one of my favorite writers . . . Wingshooters is a gem of a novelâfilled with beautiful language, thoughtful observations on life, deep heartache, and determined acceptance.â âLisa See, author of Shanghai Girls |
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