--- product_id: 703590790 title: "Wandering Stars: A Novel" price: "£14.47" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/703590790-wandering-stars-a-novel store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # Wandering Stars: A Novel **Price:** £14.47 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wandering Stars: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** £14.47 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/703590790-wandering-stars-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Wandering Stars: A Novel: 9780593311448: Orange, Tommy: Books Review: Powerful, emotional sequel to "There There" - "Wandering Stars" first takes a step back a hundred years to place the characters ancestors at the Sand Creek Massacre and Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The book opens with brutal recounting of not only death but the mutilation and bloodsport that Native Americans were subject to by settlers and the enormous price they paid for the violence and trauma they experienced. It's rough reading. The book spends the first half leading up to the current day which is the months after the PowWow shooting massacre and its after effects on the survivors and families. It's a little tricky to follow the plot lines to the current day but they do connect and the goal of giving context and background to how rootless and lost the current generation of more urban Native Americans are is well achieved. Ultimately we want to know what happened. Sisters Jacqui (biological grandmother) and Opal Viola (adopted grandmother) of Orvil, Loother and Lony move in together. There are characters now addicted to drugs and alcohol. Others fighting to stay sober and everyone trying to find there way economically and socially. It's quite a setting. Tommy Orange writes beautifully and with urgency. I wanted to keep reading. Through the suffering there is hope and optimism that reflects the goodness of his characters more than any underlying improvement in the American treatment and recognition of the Native American plight. Well worth reading. Review: Good Book - This is some sad history for our country. At times I found it hard to read for a couple of reasons, the subject matter, and I had some trouble following it. However, I am glad I read it. I have lived in the East Bay Area for over 50 years, so the setting in Oakland was very familiar. I realize it is fiction, but I know it's based on fact, and I am sorry people have gone (and are going) through this. Read it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #42,173 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Indigenous Fiction #70 in Cultural Heritage Fiction #1,149 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (2,722) | | Dimensions | 5.18 x 0.72 x 7.95 inches | | Edition | Reissue | | ISBN-10 | 0593311442 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0593311448 | | Item Weight | 8.6 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 336 pages | | Publication date | February 18, 2025 | | Publisher | Vintage | ## Images ![Wandering Stars: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81lC3fiSG1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful, emotional sequel to "There There" *by D***S on January 6, 2026* "Wandering Stars" first takes a step back a hundred years to place the characters ancestors at the Sand Creek Massacre and Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The book opens with brutal recounting of not only death but the mutilation and bloodsport that Native Americans were subject to by settlers and the enormous price they paid for the violence and trauma they experienced. It's rough reading. The book spends the first half leading up to the current day which is the months after the PowWow shooting massacre and its after effects on the survivors and families. It's a little tricky to follow the plot lines to the current day but they do connect and the goal of giving context and background to how rootless and lost the current generation of more urban Native Americans are is well achieved. Ultimately we want to know what happened. Sisters Jacqui (biological grandmother) and Opal Viola (adopted grandmother) of Orvil, Loother and Lony move in together. There are characters now addicted to drugs and alcohol. Others fighting to stay sober and everyone trying to find there way economically and socially. It's quite a setting. Tommy Orange writes beautifully and with urgency. I wanted to keep reading. Through the suffering there is hope and optimism that reflects the goodness of his characters more than any underlying improvement in the American treatment and recognition of the Native American plight. Well worth reading. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Book *by G***L on March 25, 2024* This is some sad history for our country. At times I found it hard to read for a couple of reasons, the subject matter, and I had some trouble following it. However, I am glad I read it. I have lived in the East Bay Area for over 50 years, so the setting in Oakland was very familiar. I realize it is fiction, but I know it's based on fact, and I am sorry people have gone (and are going) through this. Read it. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Sophomore Slump *by J***B on March 17, 2024* What happened after the shooting at the powwow in There There? Well, you have to slog through 1/3 of Wandering Stars to find out. The first 80 pages recount the mainstreaming of natives after the Sand Creek Massacre, told through the lives of survivors and their descendants, beginning in 1864. It's a bummer of a read because we don't stay with each character long enough to connect with them. Instead we get pages and pages of white men violently deracinating each successive generation of the Star and Bear Shield families. They are left disenfranchised and identity-less, unequipped to deal with racist western civilization. All this occurs with an anvil-to-the-skull level of subtlety, and with none of the humor that made There There such a good book. Orange is terrific with contemporary scenes and dialog. Period fiction, not so much. After that miserable history we finally get back to modern Oakland and pick up with Orvil and Jacquie Red Feather. Orvil becomes a teenage addict after he was shot; Jacquie's a recovering addict. In fact, the remaining 2/3 of the book focuses on folks getting high and then dealing with or succumbing to addiction. It doesn't make for enjoyable reading. There's a lot of circular, repetitive prose in this book. Example: "But the idea of it is impossible to shake, because if you’ve felt it before, to have touched the bliss of oblivion is to have already gone too far past yourself, past self-interest, into that othered beyond where all that matters is dutifully obeying the need for the need like an itch that’s impossible to not scratch but also impossible to scratch enough to fulfill what the itch is asking for." The writing is different and challenging, but the cleverness gets tiresome. It's easy to like and connect with Orvil and his little brothers, Lony and Loother. Orange depicts family dynamics expertly. The relationships between the boys and their grandma and grandaunt are the bright spots of the book, and make it worth reading. There are parts that are genuinely funny. It's interesting how deftly Orange can jump back and forth between first and third person in the telling. But readers who tune in for a sequel to There There will be disappointed by a book that's pretty low on action and populated by depressed drug addicts. It's a tragic community that's constantly despairing over the loss of its native identity at the merciless hands of white America. The book isn't exactly outright contemptuous of white people, but it's noticeable that there are no sympathetic or appealing white characters. Orange's was a new, distinct voice in his debut novel. He's still got it in Wandering Stars, but the second time out the story is a lot less compelling. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/703590790-wandering-stars-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/703590790-wandering-stars-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Great Britain* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*