Studies in Crime Book Group

March 17th @ 5:30 p.m. 

Yellow Bird
by Sierra Crane Murdoch

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This month we will be reading Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch. "When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher 'KC' Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and no one but his mother was actively looking for him. Unfolding like a gritty mystery, Yellow Bird traces Lissa's steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke's disappearance. Yellow Bird is both an exquisitely written, masterfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny, eloquent, compassionate, and -- when it serves her cause -- manipulative. Ultimately, it is a deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing."

Copies of the book are available at the Reference Desk.

Our meeting is on Zoom, March 17th at 5:30pm. If you would like to register please call 401-822-9105 or fill out our online form: https://forms.gle/a2PptzPnBRDEgqrD7