People of the Whale

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Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.

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Meh submitted by autumnmist on August 15, 2019, 4:11am So far it's boring

PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 303 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393064575
0393064573

SUBJECTS
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.