A review by analenegrace
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

challenging dark emotional informative tense

This is a very engaging book on an area in Canada that has faced tragedy over and over again as Indigenous/First Nations women and girls have been attacked, raped, murdered, kidnapped, and generally gone missing and been neglected by the RCMP and Canadian government for decades as their family and friends and communities have begged for answers. 

This is not an easy read, but it is a very important one as women and girls continue to go missing across Canada and the United States. I knew this was a rampant problem, but this book opened my eyes further to how this is embedded in cultures and communities. For many of the women in this book, answers have never and might never come. Yet, their families persist in fighting for answers and intervention so this doesn't happen to more women and girls. 

While this book was super engaging and important, it was a bit hard to follow at times due to the non-linear timeline. It also gave a bit too much leeway with the RCMP, and I wished the book had been harsher on them.