A review by rebeccahussey
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

Mamaskatch is a memoir about Darrel McLeod’s boyhood and young adulthood in Alberta, Canada. He is a member of the Cree tribe and feels a strong sense of connection to his culture and family. But his childhood is a difficult one, as he loses his father at a young age and his mother struggles with poverty and alcoholism. His siblings are in and out of foster care, and he often finds himself responsible for them even though he is still a child himself. He suffers sexual abuse at the hands of his brother-in-law. We learn about mistreatment his mother and aunts experienced from members of the Catholic church. It’s a difficult story, but McLeod tells it movingly and beautifully. It’s a dark book, but a hopeful one too, as McLeod finds ways of understanding and coming to terms with his complicated life.

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