Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can’t even stomach the food her mother prepares. However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family’s way of living.
The powerful memoir of an Inuvialuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school.
The remarkable position of its central character is almost too bizarre to be believed; and yet the story is a true one written from the memories of the real Favel. As a record of what fate can deal out it is not to be missed.
It is a story of self-discovery and redemption that takes the reader from the dregs of addiction to the promise of a better, more stable life.Hunter Fitzgerald is a man of contradictions.