The Sentence is about so many things. It's about the life-changing magic of reading, of bookshops, of being in that community. It's about Native American tradition, ceremonies, jingle dresses and frybread. It's about a country sliding backwards in its understanding of race. It's about one indigenous woman who has had a lifetime of trauma and is loved, loving, hard as nails and learning every day how to forgive, how to heal, how to be herself. It's also about a ghost, tethered for an unknown reason, searching for identity even after death.
There is much to love about this novel. It's a booklover's book, a story set within the rustling, paper dust scented aisles of a bookshop. The Sentence has so many qualities: it's funny, heart-warming, heartbreaking, life-affirming, informative. Such a treat.