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4.67 AVERAGE
4.67 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This memoir is a deeply personal account of overcoming childhood traumas, addictions, and health issues. It is also about what happened as the direct result of a colonial legacy of residential schools and stolen children from families and communities in Canada. It is her story of finding strength in family and community to help build her own family, a career, and purpose in moving forward through healing, resiliency, and courage.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
“In order to know where we’re going, we have to know where we’ve been.”
I won this as a Kindle Goodreads giveaway.
I found the writing to be an honest and clear look about the difficulty of life as an Indigenous child. I like how she tells stories and is able to move forward showing that it’s possible to create a good solid life because of and despite how it started.
I won this as a Kindle Goodreads giveaway.
I found the writing to be an honest and clear look about the difficulty of life as an Indigenous child. I like how she tells stories and is able to move forward showing that it’s possible to create a good solid life because of and despite how it started.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
This book really resonated with my soul.
The honesty and commitment to culture makes this book stand apart and I highly recommend others read this.
The honesty and commitment to culture makes this book stand apart and I highly recommend others read this.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
My friend recommended this book, so I promptly went out and bought it. I put the book on my bookshelf and recently it started calling to me. I am so thankful that I read this book. Elaine Alec shares with vulnerability and truth such an important story and also shares the value of exploring our own stories. Through exploration of childhood experiences and trauma, young adulthood and now, Elaine allowed the reader to experience emotions and an understanding of what she went through. Elaine wrote, "we pick our parents before we are bon. We pick them and everyone that comes into our lives," (p. 1). I truly believe that who crosses our path and ends up in our lives are supposed to be there and so from page one I was invested in this story. Elaine wraps up this book with a call to action for individuals. When we heal the individual we show others how to heal and impact our communities and outwards. Highly recommend reading this book and when you do, lets talk about your take aways.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced