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Waiting for the long night moon : stories / Amanda Peters.

ISBN: 9781443468220 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Publisher: Toronto, ON : Harper Perennial, [2024]
Copyright: &copy;2024

Summary:

"In this intimate collection, Peters melds traditional storytelling with beautiful, spare prose to describe the dignity of the traditional way of life, the humiliations of systemic racism and the resilient power to endure. A young man returns from residential school only to realize he can no longer communicate with his own parents. A young woman finds purpose and healing on the front lines as a water protector. An old man remembers his life as he patiently waits for death. And a young girl nervously dances in her first Mawi'omi. The collection also includes the Indigenous Voices Award-nominated story "(Winter Arrives)." At times sad, sometimes disturbing but always redemptive, the stories in Waiting for the Long Night Moon will remind you that where there is grief there is also joy, where there is trauma there is resilience and, most importantly, there is power."-- Provided by publisher.