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A review by baffy
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir by Wab Kinew
5.0
What an inspiring book, I couldn’t put it down. Honest about the damage done by the Residential School system, the Canadian Government and the Catholic Church but so hopeful about the possibility of true Reconciliation.
Another book that should be on every high school curriculum but especially for Catholic schools.
Kinew lets us on on the sacred celebration of the Sundance and contrasts it beautifully with the canonization ceremony for St Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Indigenous saint. His father’s ability to ultimately forgive the Church for its sins against him, makes him saintly in his own right but when the author shows his continued doubt, he gives the reader an opening to join him on the journey.
We need a path to forgiveness and Kinew gives me hope for that possibility. The path starts with education and acceptance of the wrongs done before we can pray for that forgiveness.
Kinew shows that Reconciliation is possible although not easy. Hopefully we Canadians will take the journey with him going forward.
Another book that should be on every high school curriculum but especially for Catholic schools.
Kinew lets us on on the sacred celebration of the Sundance and contrasts it beautifully with the canonization ceremony for St Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Indigenous saint. His father’s ability to ultimately forgive the Church for its sins against him, makes him saintly in his own right but when the author shows his continued doubt, he gives the reader an opening to join him on the journey.
We need a path to forgiveness and Kinew gives me hope for that possibility. The path starts with education and acceptance of the wrongs done before we can pray for that forgiveness.
Kinew shows that Reconciliation is possible although not easy. Hopefully we Canadians will take the journey with him going forward.