This House Is Not a Home
Kat??à,
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Publisher:
Fernwood Publishing
Fernwood Publishing
DRM:
ACS4
ACS4
Publication Year:
2022
2022
ISBN-13:
9781773635835
Description:
<p>After a hunting trip one fall, a family in the far reaches of so-called Canada’s north return to nothing but an empty space where their home once stood. Finding themselves suddenly homeless, they have no choice but to assimilate into settler-colonial society in a mining town that has encroached on their freedom.</p>
<p>An intergenerational coming-of-age novel, <em>This House Is Not a Home</em> follows K??, a Dene man who grew up entirely on the land before being taken to residential school. When he finally returns home, he struggles to connect with his family: his younger brother whom he has never met, his mother because he has lost his language, and an absent father whose disappearance he is too afraid to question.</p>
<p>The third book from acclaimed Dene, Cree and Metis writer Kat??à, <em>This House Is Not a Home</em> is a fictional story based on true events. Visceral and embodied, heartbreaking and spirited, this book presents a clear trajectory of how settlers dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their land — and how Indigenous communities, with dignity and resilience, continue to live and honour their culture, values, inherent knowledge systems, and Indigenous rights towards re-establishing sovereignty. Fierce and unflinching, this story is a call for land back.</p>
<p>An intergenerational coming-of-age novel, <em>This House Is Not a Home</em> follows K??, a Dene man who grew up entirely on the land before being taken to residential school. When he finally returns home, he struggles to connect with his family: his younger brother whom he has never met, his mother because he has lost his language, and an absent father whose disappearance he is too afraid to question.</p>
<p>The third book from acclaimed Dene, Cree and Metis writer Kat??à, <em>This House Is Not a Home</em> is a fictional story based on true events. Visceral and embodied, heartbreaking and spirited, this book presents a clear trajectory of how settlers dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their land — and how Indigenous communities, with dignity and resilience, continue to live and honour their culture, values, inherent knowledge systems, and Indigenous rights towards re-establishing sovereignty. Fierce and unflinching, this story is a call for land back.</p>