But when a man who nurses a grudge against Landreaux fixates on the idea that there was a cover-up the day Landreaux killed Dusty - and decides to expose this secret - he threatens the fragile peace between the two families. As the Irons and the Raviches grow ever more entwined, their pain begins to subside. The years pass and LaRose becomes the linchpin that links both families. Gradually he's allowed visits with his birth family, whose grief for the son and brother they gave away mirrors that of the Raviches. LaRose is quickly absorbed into his new family. Standing on the threshold of the Ravich home, they say, 'Our son will be your son now'.

The next day he and his wife Emmaline deliver LaRose to the bereaved Ravich parents. And there he discovers an old way of delivering justice for the wrong he's done. Landreaux is horrified at what he's done fighting off his longstanding alcoholism, he ensconces himself in a sweat lodge and prays for guidance. The two families have been close for years and their children played together despite going to different schools. He shoots with easy confidence but only when he staggers closer does he realise he has killed his neighbour's son.ĭusty Ravich, the deceased boy, was best friends with Landreaux's five-year-old son, LaRose. Late summer in North Dakota, 1999: Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own.

An unforgettable, dazzling tour de force from one of America's foremost literary talents. Set at the end of the last century, the novel follows the fate of LaRose, a young boy, whose life is transformed when his father shoots and kills a neighbour's son whilst hunting deer LAROSE explores justice, retribution, and the reparation of the human heart.

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