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katjoyphil's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
bookishcori's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death
charleyroxy's review against another edition
4.75
This quote from Mamaskatch by Darrel J. McLeod not only stood out to me because it was the way Darrel also told us his story but it reminded me of how Ernestine Hayes told us her story in Blonde Indian. I am growing to love these spiralling stories when they would have once confused me. Nothing in the story of our lives is truly linear as we are being moved along with memories of the past and ideas, hopes and dreams of the future.
"The word, mamaskatch, has stuck with me over the years. Mom used to say it a lot when we were kids when things happened that were a bit extraordinary. I gave the book that title after going online with some fluent Cree speakers. I asked them what it meant and they gave various meanings, ranging from, 'How strange' to 'It's a miracle.' It is the perfect title." From a 2018 interview with McLeod
Mamaskatch is a heartbreaking and often extraordinary Cree memoir which brought up incredibly heavy topics of residential school abuses, child sexual abuse, internalised and externalised homophobia to name a few. I will add the full content warnings on Storygraph so go there to see what you should be prepared for. In the face of all that though comes the story of resilience. I would definitely recommend it.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia
There are scenes of grooming a young child, an exorcism and conversion therapy as well.abbie_'s review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Suicide