 First edition | |
| Author | Louise Erdrich |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Ojibwe Family Life in Minnesota and North Dakota |
| Genre | Contemporary Native American Fiction & Family Saga |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart, and Winston HarperCollins (rev. ed.) |
Publication date | 1984 1993 (rev. ed.) 2009 (rev. ed.) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover & Paperback |
| Pages | 275 pp. 367 pp. (rev. ed. paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-06-097554-7 (rev. ed. paperback) |
| OCLC | 10483004 |
Love Medicine is Louise Erdrich's debut novel, first published in 1984. Erdrich revised and expanded the novel in subsequent 1993 and 2009 editions. The book follows the lives of five interconnected Ojibwe families living on fictional reservations in Minnesota and North Dakota. The collection of short stories in the book spans six decades from the 1930s to the 1980s. Love Medicine garnered critical praise and won numerous awards, including the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award.