A beautifully written collection of interconnected short stories told primarily through the eyes of a young Anishinaabe woman struggling with her relationships with lovers, friends, family, children, community and culture. As some relationships dissolve or are wrenched apart, others endure and gain strength. An intimate glimpse into the reality faced by many young First Nations women, The Colour of Dried Bones is by turns dark and brooding, sensual and filled with intense longing , infused with anger and brutality and, ultimately, uplifting in its portrayal of one woman's winding path to reclaim her culture and sense of self.

The Colour of Dried Bones

Literature & Fiction

Belleau, Lesley

United States

Kegedonce Pr

Additional contributors to this collection include: Richard Van Camp, Joanne Arnott, Marilyn Dumont, Greg Scofield, John McDonald, Rolland Nadjiwon, Lesley Belleau, Al Hunter, Joseph Dandurand (Tony), Basil Johnston, and David Groulx.

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World Literature

Sweat, a myth/realism crossover novel set in Northern Ontario, blends Indigenous myth, collective memory, and harsh social reality. The stories of two contemporary Indigenous women—one leading a life of poverty and the other of privilege—are braided together around a mythic chorus of grandmothers who frame and share their experience of motherhood, adoption, addiction, sexual abuse, disruption, guilt, and body narrative.
Jolene is alone and pregnant, and dealing with memories of sexual trauma and motherlessness. Knowing she is not able to care for them, Jolene gives her twin babies up for adoption. Roxanne, a painter, having lost a baby that she desperately wanted, sets her hopes on adopting an Anishinaabe newborn, and, unaware, she adopts Jolenes twins. Years later, both women, driven by inadequacy and guilt, but also by resilience and survival, embark on healing journeys—Jolene through the Ojibwe sweatlodge; Roxanne through painting—that will bring their lives to a point of intersection.

Sweat

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