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A review by nadia
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I really appreciated the variety of journeys that Ernestine Hayes took us on in Blonde Indian.
The stories spanned generations, perspectives, and a variety of life circumstances. Themes of family, parenthood, belonging, identity, stories, tradition, and injustice were covered, alongside several others.
I also greatly appreciated the poetic passages focusing on animals and nature, and how those are integral to the culture of Hayes's Alaskan Native community.
If there was anything I slightly struggled with in this book, it was getting into a flow with the range of stories and shifting perspectives, switching multiple times within a chapter.
I'm so glad I read this. Thank you to The StoryGraph's Genre challenge for helping me to diversify my reading!
The stories spanned generations, perspectives, and a variety of life circumstances. Themes of family, parenthood, belonging, identity, stories, tradition, and injustice were covered, alongside several others.
I also greatly appreciated the poetic passages focusing on animals and nature, and how those are integral to the culture of Hayes's Alaskan Native community.
If there was anything I slightly struggled with in this book, it was getting into a flow with the range of stories and shifting perspectives, switching multiple times within a chapter.
I'm so glad I read this. Thank you to The StoryGraph's Genre challenge for helping me to diversify my reading!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism