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This book is exquisite. As the author said, it's totally fiction, but it could have been true. Set in the early 20th century, it tells the story of a young brave, Laughing Boy, who falls in love with Slim Girl. She was taken from her parents when she was young and sent to a boarding school (an "American" school). She wants desperately to get back the feeling of being Navajo which was stolen from her during those years "following the Jesus way." Laughing Boy's family doesn't approve of the marria
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