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In My Own Moccasins

A Memoir of Resilience

by Helen Knott ...

Series series The Regina Collection
Longlisted, RBC Taylor Prize, 2019Winner, Saskatchewan Book Award, Indigenous People's Publishing, 2020Shortlisted, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020–2021An unflinching memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds of sexual assault from a resilient, emerging Indigenous voice.Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she ... Read more

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Longlisted, RBC Taylor Prize, 2019Winner, Saskatchewan Book Award, Indigenous People's Publishing, 2020Shortlisted, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020–2021An unflinching memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds of sexual assault from a resilient, emerging Indigenous voice.Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she
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In My Own Moccasins

A Memoir of Resilience

by Helen Knott ...

Narrated by Helen Knott ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption.With gripping moments of ... Read more

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Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption.With gripping moments of
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A Mind Spread out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott ...

Narrated by Kyla Garcia ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated as ""a mind spread out on the ground."" In this urgent and visceral work, Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of the personal, intergenerational, and colonial traumas she and so many Native people have experienced. Elliott's deeply personal writing details a life spent between Indigenous and white ... Read more

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The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated as ""a mind spread out on the ground."" In this urgent and visceral work, Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of the personal, intergenerational, and colonial traumas she and so many Native people have experienced. Elliott's deeply personal writing details a life spent between Indigenous and white
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Red River Girl

The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

by Joanna Jolly ...

Narrated by Penelope Rawlins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to find her killer, set against the backdrop of a troubled city.On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to find her killer, set against the backdrop of a troubled city.On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder
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Halfbreed

by Maria Campbell ...

A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic.An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above all, overcame. Maria was born in Northern Saskatchewan, her father the grandson of a Scottish businessman and Métis woman--a niece of Gabriel Dumont whose family fought alongside ... Read more

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A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic.An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above all, overcame. Maria was born in Northern Saskatchewan, her father the grandson of a Scottish businessman and Métis woman--a niece of Gabriel Dumont whose family fought alongside
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Red River Girl

The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

by Joanna Jolly ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to find her killer, set against the backdrop of a troubled city.On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to find her killer, set against the backdrop of a troubled city.On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder
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Soft as Bones

A Memoir

by Chyana Marie Sage ...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA CBC Best Book of 2025Finalist, Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the YearA poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healingIn candid, incisive, and delicate prose, Chyana Marie Sage shares the pain of growing up with her father, a crack dealer who went to prison for molesting her ... ... Read more

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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA CBC Best Book of 2025Finalist, Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the YearA poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healingIn candid, incisive, and delicate prose, Chyana Marie Sage shares the pain of growing up with her father, a crack dealer who went to prison for molesting her ...
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Kindling

by Traci Chee ...

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a stand-alone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.A Los ... Read more

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From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a stand-alone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.A Los
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North of Nowhere

Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

by Marie Wilson ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Hill Times 100 Best Book of 2024 •The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Hill Times 100 Best Book of 2024 •The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped
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Celestina's House

by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez ...

RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FINALIST • CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2024The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart.It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long ... Read more

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RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FINALIST • CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2024The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart.It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long
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Kukum

by Michel Jean ...

Translated by Susan Ouriou ...

Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award in the Translation CategoryLonglist, 2025 Dublin Literary AwardA Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean’s great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their ... Read more

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Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award in the Translation CategoryLonglist, 2025 Dublin Literary AwardA Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean’s great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their
... Read more
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

by Jen Ferguson ...

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award Honor Book!Lou has enough confusion in front of her ... Read more

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In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award Honor Book!Lou has enough confusion in front of her
... Read more

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