A review by unabridgedchick
Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo

3.0

A perplexing read. A memoir that stops just as Harjo discovers poetry as a vocation. A reflection on her early years that skips so much, or drops momentous events like a boulder in a pond. A family narrative that is poetical and pretty but truncated. Was Harjo contractually obligated and late to deliver? This just feels ... slapdash. Having read this after reading [b:Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI|29496076|Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI|David Grann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1470699853l/29496076._SY75_.jpg|49782213] combined with the recent societal remembering of Indian residential schools, the lingering impact of colonialism on tribal communities is so apparent. Harjo was surrounded by people who never had a chance at being healthy, happy, and whole; they none of them knew a single person who reached adulthood uninjured.