I‘m biggie sizing my hygge hour today. We‘re getting rain for the first time in over a month and I‘m going to sit still and celebrate that.
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.
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pickTaking #landback protests to a new level, two Metis youth move a herd of bison into a downtown Edmonton park. Activist Grey is determined to make a real difference while Ezzy, whose been in & out of institutions, his whole life, just wants to support Grey. Their plan works, sort of. But if course there are no easy fixes to colonialism or its impact on generations. Helping the bison doesn't save Grey or Ezzy from having to find their own path.
pickLiked it! His first is better, but these two characters were really and finely drawn without being caricatures. Edmonton seemed like a character as well. The local culture was captured in a very honest way
Lunchtime nonfiction with Saki. Despite my little pal‘s glare, this is an important and insightful work that digs into the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from academic, legal, and personal angles. (NB: it was published in 2017. More recent writing on the matter also includes two-spirit people.)
pickI'm always impressed when people can write multiple POVs and make all of them distinct! Seeing how all the storylines were going to connect and lead to changes was fascinating, too. Spare but lovely. #contemporaryfiction #indigenouslit
Check out an award winning book recommendation by Kim on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday here: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-break
pickThis gorgeous novel follows five generations of Métis women dealing with the deep wounds of intergenerational trauma from a great grandmother trying to sober up before she dies to a mother reconnecting to the daughter she gave up for adoption. I particularly loved the chapters from the POV of bison, the grasslands, and a pair of dogs.
pickThe stories of five generations of Métis women intertwined with tales of bison, pets, and the land itself. They talk about dealing with generational trauma, substance abuse, and forgiving yourself in order to move on.
Not going to lie, it took a while for me to get into the story because of all the different POVs but by the end I was really enjoying it.
