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Waiting for the long night moon : stories / Amanda Peters.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443468220
- Physical Description: 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Canadian edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Harper Perennial, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pejipug (Winter Arrives) -- Tiny Birds and Terrorists -- The Golden Cross -- Three Billion Heartbeats -- Angry White Indian -- Waiting for the Long White Moon -- The Story of the Crow (A Retelling) -- Le Grand Dérangement -- Homecoming -- The Virgin and the Bear -- Ashes -- Wolves -- The Birthing Tree -- Another Dead Indian -- Sweetgrass -- In the Name of God -- A Strong Seed.
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- Subject:
- Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Topic Heading:
- Canadian indigenous authors.
Canadian author.
Indigenous author.
Available copies
- 17 of 21 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Radium Hot Springs Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Hot Springs Public Library | FIC PET (Text) | 35130000079545 | New Book Shelf | Volume hold | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
National Bestseller
An intimate and personal debut collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers.
The stories in Waiting for the Long Night Moon explore the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and placeâfrom contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to the present-day fight for the right to clean water. Amanda Peters portrays the dignity of traditional Indigenous life, the humiliations of systemic racism, and the resilient power to endure by melding traditional storytelling with her signature style of evocative, spare prose.
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 Mawiâomi. The collection also includes the Indigenous Voices Awardânominated story âPejipug (Winter Arrives)" as well the Indigenous Voices Award-winning title story.
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.
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