The Summer of Bitter and Sweet HC Apphia's daughter

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Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award (2015)

Each essay focuses on a specific Indigenous Nation including the James Bay Cree

In chapter three

and the English translation enables those unfamiliar with the language

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet HC Apphia's daughterJen Ferguson is Michif Mtis and white, an activist, an intersectional feminist, an auntie, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and creative writing. In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Mtis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a personand the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. Lou has