Debra Ransom
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Life in the City of Dirty Water
- A Memoir of Healing
- Auteur(s): Clayton Thomas-Muller
- Narrateur(s): Clayton Thomas-Muller
- Durée: 8 h et 11 min
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There have been many Clayton Thomas-Mullers: The child who played with toy planes as an escape from domestic and sexual abuse, enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada's residential school system; the angry youngster who defended himself with fists and sharp wit against racism and violence, at school and on the streets of Winnipeg and small-town British Columbia; the tough teenager who, at 17, managed a drug house run by members of his family, and slipped in and out of juvie, operating in a world of violence and pain.
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Both insightful snd hopeful
- Écrit par Debra Ransom le 2024-10-09
- Life in the City of Dirty Water
- A Memoir of Healing
- Auteur(s): Clayton Thomas-Muller
- Narrateur(s): Clayton Thomas-Muller
Both insightful snd hopeful
Évalué le: 2024-10-09
I loved hearing about the author’s life and especially the environmental activism he has been engaged in globally. Very inspiring.
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Firekeeper's Daughter
- Auteur(s): Angeline Boulley
- Narrateur(s): Isabella Star LaBlanc
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
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Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
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Trigger Warning Please!
- Écrit par Kali Bomberry le 2021-04-21
- Firekeeper's Daughter
- Auteur(s): Angeline Boulley
- Narrateur(s): Isabella Star LaBlanc
A must read for Indigenous and non Indigenous people of all ages
Évalué le: 2021-08-01
Beautifully written. The wisdom of Anishnabe culture underpins a page turning story about a strong and intelligent young woman who has an Anishnabe father and a White mother, and who lives in both worlds. The community in which she lives is facing a Crystal meth crisis. Her half brother is captain of the hockey team. She is asked to join an FBI undercover unit and finds herself drawn in by a charming young operative. Women go missing. Others turn up dead. Who is lying and who is telling the truth? Who can she truly trust?
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So You Want to Talk About Race
- Auteur(s): Ijeoma Oluo
- Narrateur(s): Bahni Turpin
- Durée: 7 h et 41 min
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In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions listeners don't dare ask and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans.
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Interesting listen
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-06-14
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- Auteur(s): Ijeoma Oluo
- Narrateur(s): Bahni Turpin
A must read for those of us who are White and wish to become an ally
Évalué le: 2020-07-24
A very provocative read. Be prepared to feel uncomfortable. The truth is not pretty. But if we wish to bring about meaningful change then we need to recognize the reality of white supremacy and systemic racism - from which white people have benefited for centuries. I thank the author for her courage in writing this very important book!
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From the Ashes
- My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
- Auteur(s): Jesse Thistle
- Narrateur(s): Jesse Thistle
- Durée: 9 h et 55 min
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In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high-school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually, the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts.
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Real, Raw and so encouraging
- Écrit par Cheryl Carter le 2020-11-19
- From the Ashes
- My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
- Auteur(s): Jesse Thistle
- Narrateur(s): Jesse Thistle
An excellent listen
Évalué le: 2020-04-25
I thought this book would be depressing. I was wrong. Jesse Thistle does not shy away from describing the inter generational trauma generated by colonialism and racism nor the brutality of imprisonments and homelessness. Yet this book is fundamentally a book about hope and resilience. This book is very well written and I found it almost impossible to set aside. It is filled with insight. It honors his Michif ancestry. I look forward to reading future works by this author and to learning more about Michif history.
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Ragged Company
- Auteur(s): Richard Wagamese
- Narrateur(s): Monique Mojica, J. D. Nicholsen, Benjamin Blais, Autres
- Durée: 15 h et 13 min
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Four chronically homeless people - Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger - seek refuge in a warm movie theater when a severe Arctic front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world and, once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing “the same story over and over again” in favor of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck.
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I LOVED this book! Amazing story.
- Écrit par Memememe le 2021-01-04
- Ragged Company
- Auteur(s): Richard Wagamese
- Narrateur(s): Monique Mojica, J. D. Nicholsen, Benjamin Blais, Wesley French, Douglas Hughes
Absolutely loved this book!
Évalué le: 2019-07-05
A book about four homeless people and one lonely upper middle class man, and about love and friendship, and above all —about connection. Richard Wagamese has a wonderful way of teaching us love and compassion to even the most wary of us. I kept thinking I knew what would happen next, and yet I was almost always wrong. A wonderful read!
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