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Moon of the Turning Leaves
- Narrated by: Billy Merasty
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Publisher's Summary
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Twelve years after the lights go out . . .
An epic journey to a forgotten homeland
The hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.
In the years since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy, Evan Whitesky has led his community in remote northern Canada off the rez and into the bush, where they’ve been rekindling their Anishinaabe traditions, isolated from the outside world. As new generations are born, and others come of age in a world after everything, Evan’s people are stronger than ever. But resources around their new settlement are drying up, and elders warn that they cannot stay indefinitely.
Evan and his teenaged daughter, Nangohns, are chosen to lead a scouting party on a months-long trip down to their traditional home on the shores of Lake Huron—to seek new beginnings, and discover what kind of life—and what danger—still exists in the lands to the south.
Waubgeshig Rice’s exhilarating return to the world first explored in Moon of the Crusted Snow is a brooding story of survival, resilience, Indigenous identity, and rebirth.
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A cause for celebration. . . . Rice has created not only a compulsive narrative, but, perhaps more significantly, a compelling world, rooted in both the traditions of the Anishinaabe and the ashes of late-stage capitalism. It’s a powerful, tour de force accomplishment which will leave readers hoping for a third book.” —Toronto Star
“[Moon of the Turning Leaves] smoulders with mounting tension, punctuated by flashes of shocking violence. But from the opening scene . . . Rice reminds the reader that regeneration can always follow disaster.” —The Globe and Mail
“Rice’s storytelling is at its peak. . . . His prose is lovely and descriptive but readable, showing his journalistic roots.” —Winnipeg Free Press
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- Karen
- 2024-07-07
Powerful, authentic and spellbinding!
I was transported and transfixed! Chi miigwetch for this amazing story and its author / story-teller.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-06-24
A good sequel! Spoilers clearly marked.
I very much enjoyed the Moon of the Crusted Snow. I loved the context of a post-apocalyptic book told from the perspective of a remote community that one day loses all touch with the outside world.
I was nervous about this sequel. It was much longer, and the big mistake a lot of Post-Apocalyptic tales make is to over-explain and introduce inconsistencies, remove some of the magic that makes the original great. Understanding can be satisfying, but it can take away the "spooky" enigma that makes many of these stories spine chilling.
This book introduced the event, which had some logic behind it, as well as not going into enough detail to make it "illogical". My science-minded partner was unsatisfied, but he does power generation and physics for a living.
You will like this book if:
-you enjoyed Moon of the Crusted Snow and it's characters
-you wanted to return to Evan Whitesky's world again and learn more
-you want a journey about indigenous people living off the land
you might not enjoy this book if:
-details rendering a cataclysm illogical bother you a lot
-you don't enjoy post-apocalyptic books or the tropes within
-you suffer from white fragility and need the saviors or main characters to be white
-you want to keep the alluring mystery alive from the first book
-violence and desperation of humans in dire times make you very uncomfortable
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Content Warnings (contains potential spoilers):
-Violence with mild gore descriptions
-Self Harm or suicide
-Death of "good" characters
- Women at risk of sequel violence
*********Spoilers below, proceed at own peril!*********
I loved the ending. The true "land back" dream of a thriving network of indigenous people living their ancestral lands, accepting peaceful migrants from affected areas and sickness (with skepticism), it painted a fantasy.
Though I disliked the death at the end of the story, I recognized it as an essential plot device.
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- shell windsor
- 2023-11-17
Love this book.
What a beautiful book. Still in tears. Thank you so much Waubgeshig Rice for creating this for us all.
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And the narration is absolute perfection. 💓
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- Mandy
- 2023-10-25
Wow!
Such a beautiful sequel. Wrapped up so many questions. Wonderfully narrated by Billy Merasty. I read the print version of Moon of the Crusted Snow, it was fun to listen to the audio book version for Turning Leaves. Took my imagination on a deeper journey. Miigwetch
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- Cindy_RedDeer
- 2023-10-18
I'm in tears
Thank you for Moon of the Turning Leaves Mr Rice . I just finished listening to it and I'm in tears. The story got me right in the heart just like Moon of the Crusted Snow. I'm very attached to the characters you brought to life. The narrator Billy Merasty brought their voices to us again. I will be listening to both these stories many times.
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- rejoyce
- 2024-01-17
Great story
I enjoyed this well written and narrated story very much! It delivered an easy to visualize events as they happened.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-16
Beautiful story
I loved the first book and this one followed it up wonderfully. Such rich characters and story. You can tell that the story and subject matter is is deeply personal to the author and it adds a wonderful sense of believability to the world the story takes place in.
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- Carolyn Roberts
- 2023-10-17
Amazing Journey
This follow up book had me listening nonstop to the adventure. Waubgeshig is a beautiful story teller that will capture you and invite you into the story the minute you start to read. You must read this book!
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- Simon T Logan
- 2024-01-02
I can't wait for the next one.
I could not stop listening. Great story and amazing reading performance. Thank you so much
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- Kristen Cavanagh
- 2024-06-03
Loved it
I am shocked at how much connection I could feel to community through a fictional novel. Miigwech for writing a book with so much care to detail and including so much Anoshnaabemowin.
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