A story that any “woke” Canadian will identify with.

This book shows how intergenerational trauma, societal norms and white male patriarchal colonialism weave together to make us feel like we all have nothing in common, when in reality we do. Living in the past without understanding how it subconsciously controls us impacts our ability to see things more clearly in the present moment. When we face the dark corners of our past, we can forge a better future for ourselves and all people whom we identify as our family.

As a second generation white settler, I might be offended by some of the statements in this book and put it down or stopped listening. However then I would have missed out on a story which spoke to me on so many levels. A story in which the main character’s precise and vivid descriptions remind me of some of the beautiful places that exist here in the country which is my home, on the land where I am thankful to all the Indigenous Nations for having shared with me. Yet as much as there is beauty in this country, there is also darkness and shadows from the past that loom into our present that we need to face in order to create a better future for all of our children.

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