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Wild People Quiet : A Novel.
'Wild People Quiet' is an exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a womans decision to hide her Metis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s. Tara Gereaux is a citizen of the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan and lives in Regina, SK, on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Metis.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668060568
- Physical Description: 336 pages
- Publisher: Canada : Scribner Canada, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION / Historical / General FICTION / Indigenous FICTION / Literary |
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- Simon and Schuster
A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a womanâs decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, and The Vanishing Half.
Torduvalle, Saskatchewan, 1946.
Florence has created a beautiful life for herself. Her home is immaculate; she is a model employee at Prattâs Insurance, where she works as a secretary. Her hair is the perfect shade of movie-star blondeânever once does she allow her brown roots to show. She dyes them every other Saturday night, without fail.
But one morning, everything changes.
Florence notices a new group of men at the local diner, Métis workers from out of town, hired on for the season at a nearby farm. And one of them has a connection to the past that Florence has spent her entire life outrunning. He has one simple request for her.
Suddenly, Florence is thrown back into memories of her life before. Suddenly, the line between who she once was and who she has chosen to be feels very thin.
And when Florence learns of the governmentâs plans for the Métis community on the fringes of town, she will be faced with a choiceâone that will shatter her carefully constructed life forever.
This extraordinary novel asks us what we will do for our community, for our families, for our friends, even at our own expense. It examines the harrowing effects of choosing to live as someone elseâand the radiant peace that comes from finally living oneâs truth. Gripping, wrenching, and utterly immersive, Wild People Quiet is a stunning achievement by a remarkable literary talent.
