PEOPLE OF THE WHALE: A NOVEL

u003cpu003e"Deeply ecological, original, and spellbinding." —Booklist, starred reviewu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eRaised 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.u003c/pu003e

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