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Just Pretending

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  • Publisher:
    Coteau Books, 2013
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
  • Running Time: 10:18 hrs
    Narrator: Sheila Laroque
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2021
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Bird-Wilson, Lisa
    Date:
    Created
    2013
    Summary:

    A powerful short story collection from Cree-Métis author Lisa Bird-Wilson.

    A nitanis (daughter) invents the mother she never knew. A fourteen-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her feelings of abandonment. A young man struggles with his Mooshum’s imprisonment in a damaged body and what it means for his own Métis identity. A department store clerk falls for a homeless man who woos her with Heart of Darkness.

    At the centre of these stories are notions of identity and belonging, and the complex relationships between children and parents, both those who are real and those who are just pretending.

    Genre:
    Short stories
    Subject(s): Short stories, Canadian
    Original Publisher: Regina, Coteau Books
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Saskatchewan Book Awards 2014 | First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Collection