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sunflowerjess's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
5.0
This was raw and unflinching. Highly recommend the audiobook, read by the author.
goodem9199's review
4.0
"The freckles on his nose looked like someone shit on him through a screen door." I mean. The descriptive narrative in this book is so flippin good.
kelseymck's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation
leahpoplestone's review
5.0
CW: homelessness, addiction, assault, abandonment
From The Ashes is a beautifully written memoir by Jesse Thistle. This book will make you smile, it will make you cry... it will make your heart ache. Jesse encounters so many unspeakable hardships. The reader follows along as he navigates through his journey of homelessness and addiction. This book is raw, it’s beautiful and it’s sad...
I feel so many ways about this book. I cherish this book and am holding it so close to my heart... I am certainly not perfect, but I acknowledge my privilege and my position in society - and this is something I continue to “check” on a daily basis. I am constantly “checking” myself when I am not being the best version of myself, projecting kindness into this world, and just being straight up bratty or ungrateful. Let’s be honest, we all slip up.
I kindly ask you to “check” yourself - how you may be privileged and oppressed in society... live each day grateful for yesterday, today, and thereafter ❤️
From The Ashes is a beautifully written memoir by Jesse Thistle. This book will make you smile, it will make you cry... it will make your heart ache. Jesse encounters so many unspeakable hardships. The reader follows along as he navigates through his journey of homelessness and addiction. This book is raw, it’s beautiful and it’s sad...
I feel so many ways about this book. I cherish this book and am holding it so close to my heart... I am certainly not perfect, but I acknowledge my privilege and my position in society - and this is something I continue to “check” on a daily basis. I am constantly “checking” myself when I am not being the best version of myself, projecting kindness into this world, and just being straight up bratty or ungrateful. Let’s be honest, we all slip up.
I kindly ask you to “check” yourself - how you may be privileged and oppressed in society... live each day grateful for yesterday, today, and thereafter ❤️
sonialusiveira's review
4.0
3.5 Stars.
“Mom used to think I was mute, but I could speak fine, I just chose not to. My words belonged to me, they were the only thing I had that were mine, and I didn’t trust anyone enough to share them.”
Thank you for finally sharing your story with the world, Jesse! From the Ashes is a raw, and a bit insightful and heart-wrenching memoir of Jesse Thistle, a Métis-Cree assistant professor at York University. It is inspiring how the author turned his life around after the mess he put himself in. I also appreciate the author’s candour, his openness about all the complicated things he found himself in and all the struggles he went through.
However, for a book that is so raw and full of tragedy, this memoir sounds very emotionless. I have developed a fascination toward audiobooks in the last couple months, especially memoirs narrated by the authors themselves because of the emotions that often bring their stories to life. But it is missing in this book. It sounds instead like the author is retelling some factual life story of a stranger.
Overall, it is still a good read and I recommend it. Jesse is another living proof that it is never too late to start again. That no matter what life throws at you, you can still thrive if you work hard enough.
“Mom used to think I was mute, but I could speak fine, I just chose not to. My words belonged to me, they were the only thing I had that were mine, and I didn’t trust anyone enough to share them.”
Thank you for finally sharing your story with the world, Jesse! From the Ashes is a raw, and a bit insightful and heart-wrenching memoir of Jesse Thistle, a Métis-Cree assistant professor at York University. It is inspiring how the author turned his life around after the mess he put himself in. I also appreciate the author’s candour, his openness about all the complicated things he found himself in and all the struggles he went through.
However, for a book that is so raw and full of tragedy, this memoir sounds very emotionless. I have developed a fascination toward audiobooks in the last couple months, especially memoirs narrated by the authors themselves because of the emotions that often bring their stories to life. But it is missing in this book. It sounds instead like the author is retelling some factual life story of a stranger.
Overall, it is still a good read and I recommend it. Jesse is another living proof that it is never too late to start again. That no matter what life throws at you, you can still thrive if you work hard enough.