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A review by leahpoplestone
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
5.0
CW: homelessness, addiction, assault, abandonment
From The Ashes is a beautifully written memoir by Jesse Thistle. This book will make you smile, it will make you cry... it will make your heart ache. Jesse encounters so many unspeakable hardships. The reader follows along as he navigates through his journey of homelessness and addiction. This book is raw, it’s beautiful and it’s sad...
I feel so many ways about this book. I cherish this book and am holding it so close to my heart... I am certainly not perfect, but I acknowledge my privilege and my position in society - and this is something I continue to “check” on a daily basis. I am constantly “checking” myself when I am not being the best version of myself, projecting kindness into this world, and just being straight up bratty or ungrateful. Let’s be honest, we all slip up.
I kindly ask you to “check” yourself - how you may be privileged and oppressed in society... live each day grateful for yesterday, today, and thereafter ❤️
From The Ashes is a beautifully written memoir by Jesse Thistle. This book will make you smile, it will make you cry... it will make your heart ache. Jesse encounters so many unspeakable hardships. The reader follows along as he navigates through his journey of homelessness and addiction. This book is raw, it’s beautiful and it’s sad...
I feel so many ways about this book. I cherish this book and am holding it so close to my heart... I am certainly not perfect, but I acknowledge my privilege and my position in society - and this is something I continue to “check” on a daily basis. I am constantly “checking” myself when I am not being the best version of myself, projecting kindness into this world, and just being straight up bratty or ungrateful. Let’s be honest, we all slip up.
I kindly ask you to “check” yourself - how you may be privileged and oppressed in society... live each day grateful for yesterday, today, and thereafter ❤️