Bad Heart

What I like most about "Bad Heart" is the way Margaret Coel invites us into the middle of a very bad situation. We've all imagined such a night - a mysterious phone call from someone we almost recognize, the wind outside playing tricks on our senses. And the feeling that the universe has chosen this very moment--now- to give us what we most fear. Coel writes about Native Americans with insight and compassion. Her Wind River Arapaho Reservation is a living character, replete with hopes, dreams and disappointments all its own.