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A review by ashleylynne920
Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey by Sylvia Olsen
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
I don't think I can really explain how meaningful this book was to me. I thought I was embarking on a second hand road trip, but it was so much more than that.
My favorite line comes from the 'Last Thoughts" chapter; Olsen writes: "Canada cannot be whole, cannot be mature and cannot have a true Identity until it comes to terms with its colonial past and its Indigenous present[. ...T]he Great Canadian Knitting Tour gave me [a] reason for optimism. Canada is growing itself up" (238).
Here's to acknowledging and living into our truths, as complex, complicated, and uncomfortable as they might be for ourselves and for others.
My favorite line comes from the 'Last Thoughts" chapter; Olsen writes: "Canada cannot be whole, cannot be mature and cannot have a true Identity until it comes to terms with its colonial past and its Indigenous present[. ...T]he Great Canadian Knitting Tour gave me [a] reason for optimism. Canada is growing itself up" (238).
Here's to acknowledging and living into our truths, as complex, complicated, and uncomfortable as they might be for ourselves and for others.