Soft as Bones: A Memoir

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Soft as Bones: A MemoirChyana Marie Sage,Chyana Marie SagePublisher: House of Anansi PressMay 27 2025EAN: 9781487013028ISBN: 1487013027Items marked as WAREHOUSE may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.Synopsis: INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A CBC Best Book of 2025 Finalist, Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the Year A poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing In 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. Show more