illusionsdaughter 's review for:

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Broke my heart and mended it in many different ways. Trying to fix what has been warped by so many outside forces, the reckoning with queerness, the oppression of religion and colonialism. The abuse. I thank the elders who impart their stories bravely. We need them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship