Wake the stone man
Set in a small northern town, under the mythical shadow of the Sleeping Giant, Wake the Stone Man follows the complicated friendship of two girls coming of age in the 1960s. Molly meets Nakina, who is Ojibwe and a survivor of the residential school system, in high school, and they form a strong friendship. As the bond between them grows, Molly, who is not native, finds herself a silent witness to the racism and abuse her friend must face each day. In this time of political awakening, Molly turns to her camera to try to make sense of the intolerance she sees in the world around her. Her photos become a way to freeze time and observe the complex human politics of her hometown. Her search for understanding uncovers some hard truths about Nakina’s past and leaves Molly with a growing sense of guilt over her own silence. When personal tragedy tears them apart, Molly must travel a long hard road in search of forgiveness and friendship.
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Female friendship > Fiction. Ojibwe > Ontario > Fiction. Racism > Fiction. Nineteen sixties > Fiction. Small town life > Ontario > Fiction. Ontario, Northern > Fiction. |
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- ISBN: 9781552667217
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Physical Description
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255 pages ; 21 cm - Publisher Black Point, NS : Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, [2015]
- Copyright ©2015
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