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Soft as Bones:A Memoir
by: Chyana Marie Sage (Author)
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Publication Date: 2025-07-10
Language: English
Print Length: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 1487013027
ISBN-13: 9781487013028
Book Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 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 older sister. In revisiting her family’s history, Chyana examines the legacy of generational abuse, which began with her father’s father, who was forcibly removed from his family by the residential schools and Sixties Scoop programs. Yet hers is also a story of hope, as it was the traditions of her people that saved her life, healing one small piece in the mosaic that makes up the dark past of colonialism shared by Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island.
Editorial Reviews
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 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 older sister. In revisiting her family’s history, Chyana examines the legacy of generational abuse, which began with her father’s father, who was forcibly removed from his family by the residential schools and Sixties Scoop programs. Yet hers is also a story of hope, as it was the traditions of her people that saved her life, healing one small piece in the mosaic that makes up the dark past of colonialism shared by Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island.
