In 1909 Oklahoma, precocious young girl Olive runs away from home to save her adopted sister, a Choctaw orphan named Nessa, from her stepfather's bad intentions. Eighty years later, park security officer Valerie is new to the fictitious Winding Stair National Park when she discovers that her coworkers are trying to sweep aside an investigation of old bones in a cave as she simultaneously searches for a missing teenager. As the story bounces back and forth between the two timelines, it become increasingly clear that the two stories are connected, though it's hard to say exactly how.
It's interesting, though not particularly surprising, to learn more about the many ways in which indigenous Americans were treated 100+ years ago, particularly in Oklahoma, and it's intriguing to think about the ways in which we as a society continue the oppression of this culture. That said, the presentation of these two stories is a bit stilted and uneven, and I kept getting frustrated with the odd pacing of both stories. That said, for those who read or watched Killers of the Flower Moon and wanted to learn more about the era through a novel, this is an OK option.
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