Reviews

Permanent Astonishment: A Memoir by Tomson Highway

gjwyatt's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

4.0

dhassrick's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

apollonium's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.0

emoser_9's review

3.0

3.5 ~ a great read. Tomson Highway shares a childhood in the north, including tales of daily life growing up with family and throughout their time at residential school. Includes abuse, infant loss, and other material that may be triggering.

lsparrow's review

4.0

enjoyed this story of a childhood that is not often told

macreads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

ginabyeg's review

5.0

An amazingly well-written memoir of Tomson Highway's childhood in Northern Canada. The memoir is told as a series of vignettes, moving back and forth from his years in a residential school to his summers at home with his family. He has a captivating writing style, infused with a great sense of humour.

margaretpinard's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.5

labradorite's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

smalltownbookmom's review

4.0

An eye-opening look at Tomson Highway's early life and family and his time spent in Residential schools. Full of stories about love and caring as well as trauma and abuse. This book will make you think and have your heart breaking for all the children forced to attend residential schools. Highly recommend! Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my advance review copy.