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A review by bookmaddie
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wilson has created a truly beautiful and evocative story. She has written Rosalie's story with such care that makes it easy to connect and understand Rosalie and all that she goes through. It is a story of family, love, history's ever-present touch on reality. Wilson elevates Indigenous culture and ways of living and explores assimilation—its failures and joys. What struck me as most powerful was how memory is infused in nature, and how generational trauma can be passed through the land as well as through the body. Yet even though all of this, healing can be found in nature.
Wilson's writing about the natural world is absolutely beautiful and quite inspiring. And that is what has stayed with me the most from this story—how spirituality can be found in nature. This idea, in it's most basic sense, is one that I could see myself finding a home in. I appreciated learning about this idea through the specific context and history of the Dakota people.
I encourage everyone to read this beautiful, literary novel of one woman and her people—both past and present. It's gorgeous.
Wilson's writing about the natural world is absolutely beautiful and quite inspiring. And that is what has stayed with me the most from this story—how spirituality can be found in nature. This idea, in it's most basic sense, is one that I could see myself finding a home in. I appreciated learning about this idea through the specific context and history of the Dakota people.
I encourage everyone to read this beautiful, literary novel of one woman and her people—both past and present. It's gorgeous.