Reparation: A Novel of the American Great Plains

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez meets Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng in a captivating family drama.

A beautifully written … story. The work of a master craftsman. Grady Harp, Vine Voice

Endlessly compelling. A fascinating fusion of forms. Writer’s Digest

When Aidan Little Boy visits his sister on a peyote church property in South Dakota, he becomes tangled in a world that has grown disturbing and strange. Soon Aidan uncovers evidence that his sister and the rapidly growing congregation are in danger. He must understand these unknown powerful forces before the Reparation, a ceremony that threatens thousands of innocents.

A hypnotically addictive original tale.

Shortlisted for Three National Awards

Laine Cunningham is a novelist and a three-time recipient of The Hackney Award. The Family Made of Dust, set in the Australian Outback, considers how indigenous lives thrive despite oppression. Reparation is a contemporary novel of the American Great Plains. Her short prose has been published by Reed, Birmingham Arts Journal, Fiction Southeast, Wraparound South, and a forthcoming edition of Military Experience & the Arts. She is the senior editor and publisher of Sunspot Literary Journal, a multinational publication seeking to change the world.