Bøger af James Bartleman

From the accomplished memoirist and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario comes a first novel of incredible heart and spirit for every Canadian.The novel follows one girl, Martha, from the Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario who is "stolen" from her family at the age of six and flown far away to residential school. She doesn't speak English but is punished for speaking her native language; most terrifying and bewildering, she is also "fed" to the school's attendant priest with an attraction to little girls.Ten long years later, Martha finds her way home again, barely able to speak her native tongue. The memories of abuse at the residential school are so strong that she tries to drown her feelings in drink, and when she gives birth to her beloved son, Spider, he is taken away by Children's Aid to Toronto. In time, she has a baby girl, Raven, whom she decides to leave in the care of her mother while she braves the bewildering strangeness of the big city to find her son and bring him home.

À L'ÂGE DE SIX ANS, Martha est enlevée à sa famille de la Première Nation de Cat Lake, dans le Nord de l'Ontario, pour être emmenée par avion dans un pensionnat indien. Là, elle sera punie pour avoir parlé sa langue maternelle et sera victime d'un prêtre attiré par les petites filles. Dix ans après, Martha retourne chez elle remplie de colère. Cette colère est surtout dirigée contre sa mère. Bientôt, Martha devient elle-même mère, mais comme elle a peu d'expérience de la façon dont on est censé élever les enfants, elle trébuche pour arriver à fonder une famille aimante, même si elle parvient à trouver une certaine paix d'esprit. Aussi longtemps que les rivières couleront est rempli de personnages attachants. On y parle de douleur et de guérison et, en fin de compte, du désir de vivre.

James Bartleman looks back over a life that has brought him from an impoverished Native childhood to serving as an ambassador, and as lieutenant governor of Ontario. From a global career, through bottomless depression, to his crowning achievements promoting Native education in Canada, Bartleman tells his incredible story in his own words.

A novel of love and betrayal dealing with the biggest issues facing Canada's Indigenous peoples today: murdered and missing Indigenous women and the infamous Sixties Scoop.