"Helen writes beautifully and painfully, about her own life and the lives of many of our sisters. ~Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author, This Accident of Being Lost "Helen Knott speaks truth to the experience of Indigenous women living through the violence of colonized spaces and she does so with grace, beauty and a ferocity that makes me feel so proud." ~Eden Robinson, author, on of a Trickster and Monkey Beach (from the foreword) Bear witness to the emergence of one of the most powerful voices of her generation." It’s the best kind of memoir: clear-eyed, generous, and glorious…. But she skillfully draws us along and opens up her life, her family, and her communities to show us a way forward. Knott’s journey is familiar, filled with the fallout of residential school, racial injustice, alcoholism, drugs, and despair.
We live in an era where Indigenous women routinely go missing, our youth are killed and disposed of like trash, and the road to justice doesn’t seem to run through the rez. ~Kim Anderson, author, Reconstructing Native Womenhood "A beautiful rendering of how recovery for our peoples is inevitably about reconnecting with Indigenous identities, lands, cultural and healing practices."
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