![]() My dad gave up his Indian status so they couldn't take me there. You know, my dad went to one of those places. She looked at me and reached for my hand. People who haven't had a similar experience cannot fully understand them. At that point, they are given a bus ticket to Vancouver and left to fend for themselves.Ĭhapters shift between the five, following them forward through decades as they move in and out of each other's lives. ![]() They were forcibly taken from their families at a young age, then kept from them until they either succeeded in escaping, or were aged out on their 16th birthdays. ![]() ![]() Kenny, Lucy, Maisie, Howie and Clara have grown up in the same church-run institution on the northern coast of Vancouver Island. How do residential school survivors cope with the trauma they've experienced? In this heartbreaking, hopeful novel, Michelle Good brings five characters to life to answer that question. ![]()
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