Adelaide Adare, the mother of Mary and Karl, came to her decision to abandon her children when their father, a married man with whom she was involved, dies. The lives of the siblings intersect from time to time, as the possibility of at some point being a family again in the future looms. Karl, meanwhile, opts for a somewhat more nomadic existence. Following this, Mary ends up in the small town of Argus, North Dakota staying with relatives. The Beet Queen is the story of Mary and Karl Adare whose mother leaves them at a fair that is being conducted for the benefit of orphans. She was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist and the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. Erdrich is an American author who is known for novels, poems, and children’s books commonly featuring Native American characters and settings. The Beet Queen is a 1986 novel by Louise Erdrich.
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