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I fully expect to see this thought provoking collection of interconnected stories on the #Giller Shortlist. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Up next for my #ShadowGiller reading. @Lindy

A moving tale, told in interconnected short stories, about a Métis man growing up in an Edmonton neighbourhood where he is surrounded by Indigenous community & also all of the ills of colonialism. Daniel‘s relationship with his grandmother (edible marijuana baker extraordinaire) is wonderfully portrayed. Her ancestry includes the Papaschase, a Cree nation that formerly occupied much of south Edmonton & was illegally cheated of their home.

Another collection of Tim Hortons references has been assembled on my blog. Check it out for a broad sample of Canadian writing:

https://lindypratch.blogspot.com/2022/07/samples-of-recent-canadian-writing-via....

When she looked at Charlie she saw a younger version of Grandpa. Stubborn, hardened to the world, a man who belonged in the early 1800s hunting bison on the Prairies with the Métis. But the two of them were stuck in a city that didn‘t recognize Métis men & how they moved across the landscape, & the Métis men didn‘t recognize the authority of people who came to boss them around on a land where their ancestors had hunted bison since time immemorial.

He laughed and took a swig from his pint now that the pour had settled. He hadn‘t had a sip of booze since his accident and the first sip now made him think of one of the first times he ever drank a beer. Probably back when he was 10 or 11 years old, and they all seemed to have this unique carbonated taste that he couldn‘t get enough of, even back then.