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(0)Darrel J. McLeod
Author
Language
English
Description
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien.
James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement in Northern Alberta, has settled into a comfortable middle-class life in Kitsilano, a trendy neighbourhood of Vancouver. He is living the life he had once dreamed of-travel, a charming circle of sophisticated friends,...
Author
Language
English
Description
As a small boy in remote Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod is immersed in his Cree family's history, passed down in the stories of his mother, Bertha. There he is surrounded by her tales of joy and horror-of the strong men in their family, of her love for Darrel, and of the cruelty she and her sisters endured in residential school-as well as his many siblings and cousins, and the smells of moose stew and wild peppermint tea. And there young Darrel learns...