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From the ashes : my story of being Indigenous, homeless, and finding my way

Thistle, Jesse. (Author).

From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Metis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler.

Large Print Book  - 2021
LP 971.004 Thist
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  • ISBN: 9781432892470
  • Physical Description 551 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition Large print edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
GMD: large print.
Formatted Contents Note:
Indigenous affairs -- Prologue -- Lost and alone 1979-1987 -- A little boy's dream -- Road allowance -- Hornet -- Trash Pandas -- A father's love -- The red baron -- The pact -- Monster rescue -- The beast -- Touch of home -- Godzilla -- Leeroy and the brown pop -- Robin's eggs -- Attaboy! -- Little thief -- Supremacy -- Heart attack -- Not a picture in sight -- The fake Italian -- Falling apart 1988-1996 -- My fabricated persona -- Oddball -- Just like the rest of them -- The most important thing -- Canada geese -- Cheese slices -- Drive -- Birdsong -- Jack him -- A new family -- Tradition -- Troublemaker -- The strongest brother --- Choice -- Premonition -- Berries -- Opening up -- Pride -- Banana split -- The stolen streets 1997-2008 -- Windigo -- Adrift -- End of a friendship -- Rou garous -- Never the same -- A gust of molecules -- Suburban wastelands -- Family wedding -- Crack -- Canadian streets greasy with Indigenous fat -- Caught up -- Rat -- Aftermath -- A bottle full of pills -- Smitten -- The king of Somalia -- Life at gunpoint -- We all fall down -- Western door -- Cast of horrors -- Turning point -- Indestructible pink dress -- Solitary confinement -- Sharing the love -- Bibles behind bars -- Audrey -- Dynamite -- Push-ups -- Inception -- The messenger -- Steak knife -- Random dude -- The process -- The meaning is gone -- Salvation and the soup kitchen lady -- Reconciliation 2008-2017 -- Fighting the darkness -- Dawn of the Bronze Age -- Running on glass -- At last -- A plain piece of paper -- A push -- The cleanest bachelor in the world -- The other half of the solution -- Bravery -- Follow your dreams -- The fines are fine -- Finding the courage to stand -- Indian turned Métis -- In the custom of the country -- Amends -- Sixteen letters -- 57 years of love -- When walking is a prayer -- Epilogue -- My soul is still homeless -- Missing person.