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A review by jr2234
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
5.0
“‘Sometimes when things get taken away from you it feels like there’s a hole at your centre where you can feel the wind blow through, that’s sure,’ the old man said.
‘Whattaya do about that?’
‘Me, I always went to where the wind blows.’”
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“The war became the knowledge that life can strip you raw, that some holes are never filled, some gaps not chinked, some chill winds relentless in their pitch and yowl.”
Wagamese is a born storyteller with a gift for crafting compelling stories. I loved this so much. The book touches on redemption and what it means to be forgiven, as well as the weight of secrets and the meaning of family. The characters and landscape were vividly detailed; you could sense the author had intimate knowledge of the subject area.
‘Whattaya do about that?’
‘Me, I always went to where the wind blows.’”
&
“The war became the knowledge that life can strip you raw, that some holes are never filled, some gaps not chinked, some chill winds relentless in their pitch and yowl.”
Wagamese is a born storyteller with a gift for crafting compelling stories. I loved this so much. The book touches on redemption and what it means to be forgiven, as well as the weight of secrets and the meaning of family. The characters and landscape were vividly detailed; you could sense the author had intimate knowledge of the subject area.