Part literary Western and part historical mystery, Ridgerunner is the sequel to Gil Adamson’s award-winning and critically acclaimed novel The Outlander. Through sheer perseverance and education-and newfound love-he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family.Īn eloquent exploration of the impact of prejudice and racism, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help us find happiness despite the odds.įinalist for CBC Reads and Indigenous Voices Awardsįebruary 16 -Gil Adamson: The Ridgerunner Finally, he realized he would die unless he turned his life around. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse’s drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.Ībandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. January 28- Jesse Thistle: From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless and Finding My Way Mike Barnes writes with sensitivity and grace about fellowship, responsibility, and joyful relatedness-what it means to simply be with the people that we love. In brief passages that cast fresh light on what it means to live with dementia, Barnes shares trials, insights, solace-and, ultimately, inspiration. January 26- Mike Barnes: Be With: Letters to a Caregiverĭrawing on the author’s seven years of caring for his mother through Alzheimer’s, Be With: Letters to a Caregiver is what its title promises: four dispatches to an anonymous long-term caregiver.

Amphibian by carla gunn