Beet Queen

Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

Beet Queen is a work about two kids named Mary and Karl Adare. Their mother abandons them at a fair, making the two of them orphans. Mary goes to live with relatives in a town in North Dakota, while Karl chooses to live a fleeting lifestyle. The novel occurs in a forty year span with, the two siblings interacting in different ways over the years until they finally become a family again.