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Daughters of the Deer
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story inspired by her family link to a girl murdered near Trois-Rivires in the early days of French settlement. Marie, an Algonquin woman of the Weskarini Deer Clan, lost her first husband and her children to an Iroquois raid. In the aftermath of another lethal attack, her chief begs her to remarry for the sake of the clan. Marie is a healer who honours the ways of her people, and Pierre, the green-eyed ex-soldier from France who wants her for his bride, is not the man she would choose. But her people are dwindling, wracked by white men's diseases and nearly starving every winter as the game retreats away from the white settlements. If her chief believes such a marriage will cement their alliance with the French against the Iroquois and the British, she feels she has no choice. Though she does it reluctantly, and with some fear--Marie is trading the memory of the man she loved for a man she doesn't understand at all, and whose devout Catholicism blinds him to the ways of her people. This beautiful, powerful novel brings to life women who have literally fallen through the cracks of settler histories. Especially Jeanne, the first child born of the new marriage, neither white nor Weskarini, but caught between worlds. As she reaches adolescence, it becomes clear she is two-spirited. In her mother's culture, she would have been considered blessed, her nature a sign of special wisdom. But to the settlers of New France, and even to her own father, Jeanne is unnatural, sinful--a woman to be shunned, and worse. And so, with the poignant story of Jeanne, Danielle Daniel imagines her way into the heart and mind of a woman at the origin of the long history of violence against Indigenous women and the deliberate, equally violent, disruption of First Nations culture--opening a door long jammed shut, so all of us can enter.
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vonnie862
vonnie862
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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This was such a good and heartbreaking book! This is based on the lives of some of the author's ancestors. It talks about life of the Weskarini/Algonkin people and the colonization of the French in early Canada. It talked about the erasure of Natives' ways, Church abuse, intermarriage, and other serious topics. I highly recommend it but be aware of the emotions that will arise. 5 ⭐️

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vonnie862 Should be going out tomorrow. #LMPBC #round17 #groupA

@pogue @TheBookHippie @Readergrrl 11mo
Clwojick Such a stunning cover. 🧡 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 11mo
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vonnie862
vonnie862
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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Letting my team know that I received the next book. I am really looking forward to reading this one!

#LMPBC #round17 #groupA

@pogue @TheBookHippie @Readergrrl

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Pogue
Pogue
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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This was an amazing book. It did make me hate organized religion more than I already do. @vonnie862 it is getting mailed out today. @TheBookHippie @Readergrrl thank you picking and sharing this book. #LMPBC

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Jolynne
Jolynne
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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Imagine the mid to late 1600‘s in New France. Imagine being Indigenous, an Indigenous woman. Imagine being at the mercy of a cruel Christianity, cruel Jesuits. This novel takes you there. So full of heart.

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Readergrrl
Readergrrl
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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5/5⭐️ What a beautiful historical fiction novel! An indigenous mother & daughter are caught in the turmoil of the 1600s French/English colonization of Algonquin territory. Told from 2 POVs, each woman expresses their hopes and dreams while struggling to navigate the demands of the Catholic Church and their own desire for autonomy. Beautiful and haunting, I will not forget Marie and Jeanne‘s love for each other and their hopes for the future.

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Readergrrl #LMPBC #GroupA #Round17 13mo
vonnie862 I can't wit to read it! 13mo
TheBookHippie Looks so good! 13mo
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LaraS
LaraS
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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Posting this for Truth & Reconciliation Day…this is without a doubt one of my favourite reads all year, I couldn‘t put it down. Set in mid 1600s in Algonquin territories at the beginning of French settlements, this book is so powerful and heartbreaking. I love that women and two-spirit characters are at the forefront in this one. #integrateyourshelf

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Lindy
Lindy
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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Immersive historical fiction that follows the lives of a Weskarini (Algonquin) woman & her eldest daughter in mid-17th c Quebec, where the French keep taking up more & more space; & when the combination of new diseases & Iroquois raids have decimated Weskarini numbers. Significant queer content, too. The author has crafted this novel from her personal family ancestry, which is included at the back of the book. #ShadowGiller2022 #CanLit

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Lindy
Lindy
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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But Marie doesn‘t answer, just keeps walking, as the deafening sound of crickets rings in Pierre‘s ears.

[This reference to crickets brought me right out of the setting, the year 1675, because of its ubiquitous present day metaphorical usage.]

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Lindy
Lindy
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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What I‘ve been doing and reading in the past week is summed up in a 30-minute video: Friday Reads
https://youtu.be/oSO7GoFGF_Q

kspenmoll I so enjoy your Friday videos- always interesting books new to me. Thanks for posting! 2y
Lindy @kspenmoll Thanks for watching, Katherine! 2y
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MysticFaerie
MysticFaerie
Daughters of the Deer | Danielle Daniel
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5⭐/5⭐ I absolutely loved this book! Couldn't recommend it more.