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Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
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Perma Red

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Length 8 hours 42 minutes
Language English
Narrators Katie Anvil Rich & Jason Grasl

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On the Flathead Indian Reservation, summer is ending, and Louise White Elk is determined to forge her own path. Raised by her Grandmother Magpie after the death of her mother, Louise and her younger sister have grown up into the harsh social and physical landscape of western Montana in the 1940s, where Native people endure boarding schools and life far from home. As she approaches adulthood, Louise hopes to create an independent life for herself and an improved future for her family—but three persistent men have other plans.

Since childhood, Louise has been pursued by Baptiste Yellow Knife, feared not only for his rough-and-tumble ways, but also for the preternatural gifts of his bloodline. Baptiste's rival is his cousin, Charlie Kicking Woman: a man caught between worlds, torn between his duty as a tribal officer and his fascination with Louise. And then there is Harvey Stoner. The white real estate mogul can offer Louise her wildest dreams of freedom, but at what cost?

As tensions mount, Louise finds herself trying to outrun the bitter clutches of winter and the will of powerful men, facing choices that will alter her life—and end another's—forever.

Debra Magpie Earling is the author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. An earlier version of the latter, written in verse, was produced as an artist book during the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. She has received both a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She retired from the University of Montana where she was named professor emeritus in 2021. She is Bitterroot Salish.

Katie Anvil Rich has appeared in numerous projects across stage and screen, and holds her MFA in acting from Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre. Some favorite audiobook titles she's narrated include Tiger Lily and the Secret Treasure of Neverland (Cherie Dimaline), Old Indian Legends (Zitkala-Sa), Sisters of the Neversea (Cynthia Leitich Smith), Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Club: Roll Call (Molly Ostertag), and Never Name the Dead (D. M. Rowell).

Jason Grasl is an actor, voice-over artist, playwright, and teacher. He has narrated a number of audiobooks, including All Signs Point to Yes, Cherokee Civil Warrior, and On Trails. His voice-over credits include Dark Tome: Undertow, Telling People You're Native When You're Not Native Is a Lot Like Telling a Bear You're Not a Bear When You're Not a Bear, White Fang (2018), Family Business, and Crazy NDN. His TV/film credits include Rutherford Falls, 9-1-1, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cassidy Red, Hot in Cleveland, White Collar, and Fallout: Nuka Break.

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