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One of my 2025 goals was to finish the UQP First Nations Classics series and I came very close, with only The Window Seat left to go. Although I believe they will be releasing new titles later this year.

There's no way I'm going to do this book justice in attempting to explain why it should be read.
This isn't about the quality of the writing, though it's staggering to recognize a young woman wrote this and conveyed such a strong feeling of being present at the moments of growing up, those early years of childhood innocence and joy, considering everything that came after, the brief moments of pure storytelling relaying family foibles, 1/?

“Dreams are so important in one's life, yet when followed blindly they can lead to the disintegration of one's soul.“ 💔

“I used to believe there was no worse sin in this country than to be poor.“

September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a day which recognizes the atrocities and multigenerational effects of residential school, that the forceful assimilation of Indigenous communities is cultural genocide.
Today, I'll be starting this memoir about the Metis author's harrowing young life as an Indigenous person in Canada. 🧡

An incredibly open-hearted memoir. At times utterly heart-wrenching but also hopeful look at the cycles of disadvantage and injustice faced by Indigenous people.

Scores from the book swap last Friday night on my walk home after pole rehearsal.

Last night‘s scores from my building‘s library.

This is a different book by Auntie Fay, not in the database.

Always Was Always Will Be is an excellent book of the history of First Nations protest movements in Australia. Suitable for middle grade and up, but I learned things also. Recommended.

So proud of my eldest son who is working on the Little Fella Yarns project with the Western Australian State Library. A part of the Better Beginnings early literacy program, these book packs are given out to parents of Aboriginal babies in regional WA. The packs are being rejuvenated & my son is the project officer. I‘ve been asking him to bring me home a pack, and today he finally did! This is one of the awesome books in it ❤️🖤💛👶🏽📚👏.