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Sasquatch at Home (The)
Sasquatch at Home (The): Traditional Protocols & Modern Storytelling | Eden Robinson
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In March 2010 the Canadian Literature Centre hosted award-winning novelist and storyteller Eden Robinson at the 4th annual Henry Kreisel Lecture. Robinson shared an intimate look into the intricacies of family, culture, and place through her talk, "The Sasquatch at Home." Robinson's disarming honesty and wry irony shine through her depictions of her and her mother's trip to Graceland, the potlatch where she and her sister received their Indian names, how her parents first met in Bella Bella (Waglisla, British Columbia) and a wilderness outing where she and her father try to get a look at b'gwus, the Sasquatch. Readers of memoir, Canadian literature, Aboriginal history and culture, and fans of Robinson's delightful, poignant, sometimes quirky tales will love The Sasquatch at Home.
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Part of the University of Alberta lecture series, this slim volume sees Eden Robinson exploring a bit of her family and Haisla heritage. Unsurprisingly, her prose is magnetic and I was drawn right in. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.

BarbaraBB I‘m glad to see you still have a fence! Beautiful photo 😍 6d
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Actually, we don‘t! That‘s a railing. But it‘s a 3 acre property backing onto park land, so it‘s like we blend right into the wilderness. No fence needed! Bindi loves it, but we always supervise her outside as there are a lot of local coyotes and elk. 6d
BarbaraBB That sounds amazing and such a huge property seems almost impossible in a small country like mine 🥰 5d
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB I bet! It feels small to us after the 15 acre farm, but most of this we don‘t have to manage. It‘s all mature trees, so it‘s like living in a forest. It used to be my in-laws‘ house and my husband was very insistent on buying it from them when they moved to Montana. Now I know why! 5d
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