Alexandra Shimo: 2 books
Invisible North
The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
A vivid first-person account of life on a troubled reserve that illuminates a difficult and oft-ignored history.
Globe and Mail 100: Best Books of 2016 • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 • 2017 RBC Taylor Prize — Longlisted • 2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction — Shortlisted...
Up Ghost River
A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
A powerful, raw yet eloquent memoir from a residential school survivor and former First Nations Chief, Up Ghost River is a necessary step toward our collective healing.
In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada’s worst residential schools....