“An absorbing and unquiet novel, The Sentence, like the era we’re living through, keeps us readers on the alert for the next improbable turn of events looming ahead of us. Erdrich’s story starts in a slapstick crime mode, reminiscent of the novels of Elmore Leonard. Our narrator, a wry and resourceful woman named Tookie, recalls the misdeed that, years earlier, landed her in federal prison.” — Maureen Corrigan, NPR