Beatrice Mosionier

Life stories of two Metis sisters who suffer the breakdown of their family relations and the injustices of the social services system.

"In 1983, the book In Search of April Raintree was published to great acclaim, heralding the voice of an important new writer, Beatrice Mosionier (then Culleton). With honesty and clarity, Mosionier explored the story of two Métis sisters as they struggle with loss, identity, and racism. Yet readers have long asked: how much of April's story comes from the author's own life? Come Walk With Me, Beatrice's answer to that question, is a moving memoir that follows a bewildered three-year-old through a dramatic journey to adulthood. Recounting a life that, at times, parallels that of her most memorable fictional character, and at others, diverges from it, Mosionier searches to make sense of her losses - her sundered family, her innocence, and her dignity - only to triumph as a woman and writer, fulfilled artistically, politically, and personally."--pub. desc.

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