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Medicine Walk
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Author : Richard Wagamese
language : en
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Release Date : 2015-05-12
Medicine Walk written by Richard Wagamese and has been published by Milkweed Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with Fiction categories.
A First Nations man helps his estranged father find a place to die in this novel by the award-winning author of One Drum and Indian Horse. “Richard Wagamese is a born storyteller.”—Louise Erdrich When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake a difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life—from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life’s fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known. “Deeply felt and profoundly moving…written in the kind of sure, clear prose that brings to mind the work of the great North American masters; Steinbeck among them.”—Jane Urquhart, award-winning author of The Night Stages “A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by.”—Globe and Mail
Medicine Walk
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Author : Richard Wagamese
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Medicine Walk written by Richard Wagamese and has been published by McClelland & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Fiction categories.
By the celebrated author of Canada Reads Finalist Indian Horse, a stunning new novel that has all the timeless qualities of a classic, as it tells the universal story of a father/son struggle in a fresh, utterly memorable way, set in dramatic landscape of the BC Interior. For male and female readers equally, for readers of Joseph Boyden, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas King, Russell Banks and general literary. Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with the man. The rare moments they've shared haunt and trouble Frank, but he answers the call, a son's duty to a father. He finds Eldon decimated after years of drinking, dying of liver failure in a small town flophouse. Eldon asks his son to take him into the mountains, so he may be buried in the traditional Ojibway manner. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon's end. From a poverty-stricken childhood, to the Korean War, and later the derelict houses of mill towns, Eldon relates both the desolate moments of his life and a time of redemption and love and in doing so offers Frank a history he has never known, the father he has never had, and a connection to himself he never expected. A novel about love, friendship, courage, and the idea that the land has within it powers of healing, Medicine Walk reveals the ultimate goodness of its characters and offers a deeply moving and redemptive conclusion. Wagamese's writing soars and his insight and compassion are matched by his gift of communicating these to the reader.
Medicine Walk
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Author : Marie Gaudet
language : en
Publisher: Nelson
Release Date : 2004
Medicine Walk written by Marie Gaudet and has been published by Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Readers categories.
Medicine Walk
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Author : Richard Wagamese
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-05-10
Medicine Walk written by Richard Wagamese and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-10 with Fiction categories.
Growing up in the care of the old man he was entrusted to at birth, Franklin Starlight has never really known his biological father, Eldon. The fleeting moments he shared with the alcoholic man have only ended in disasters that haunt the boy. But when father, coming to the end of his alcohol-ruined life, reaches out to sixteen-year-old son their first and last journey together begins. Hesitantly, Franklin obliges his dying father s wish to be buried as a warrior and together they hazard the rugged and dangerous beauty of the backcountry to find an appropriate burial site. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son the desolate moments in his life, as well as the times of hope the family history Franklin has never known. As Father tells the tale, the Son, and the reader, live for the stories, in the hope that they will shed light on the mysteries of a tortured past. "
Medicine Walk
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Author : Laurie Lacey
language : en
Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus
Release Date : 1999
Medicine Walk written by Laurie Lacey and has been published by Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Botany, Medical categories.
This new book from acclaimed writer, Laurie Lacey, on the healing power of nature includes insights and practices which have helped him along his own journey of self-discovery.
Medicine Walk
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Author : Ardath Mayhar
language : en
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2007-11-28
Medicine Walk written by Ardath Mayhar and has been published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-28 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
After his father dies from a heart attack after landing their small plane, a young boy is left to fend for himself as he treks through the summer desert back to civilization. As his father piloted the small plane on the short trip to Grandfather’s house, Burr couldn’t help but suggest a quick stop to his father. Why not fly over the Petrified Forest? There would be plenty of time. But after landing their plane in a desert draw, Burr’s father has a heart attack and dies, leaving him to fend for survival on his own. With little food and water and no one that knows where to look for him, Burr must travel alone through forty miles of the summer desert to escape his worst nightmare.
Dream Wheels
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Author : Richard Wagamese
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2010-07-16
Dream Wheels written by Richard Wagamese and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-16 with Fiction categories.
From the acclaimed author of Keeper’n Me and For Joshua, Dream Wheels is a vital and unsparing novel from one of the most fascinating voices in Canadian writing. Joe Willie Wolfchild is on the verge of becoming a World Champion rodeo cowboy when a legendary bull cripples him. At the same time, in the same city, Claire Hartley is brutally assaulted and her 14-year-old son, Aiden, is critically injured during a burglary. The young Ojibway-Sioux man, the black single mother and her mulatto son find their lives irrevocably changed. Joe Willie, a rodeo cowboy since he was a child, smolders in angry silence over a deformed left arm and a limp that make it impossible for him to compete. Claire, a victim of numerous bad relationships, withdraws from men and swears a bitter celibacy. Aiden gains notoriety among his criminal peers and slips into a self-destructive spiral of drugs and violence. Eager to find a place for her son to channel his explosive energies, Claire brings Aiden to a rodeo camp run by the Wolfchild family, where he is drawn to bull riding and proves to be a stunning natural. But Joe Willie refuses to have anything to do with the camp, remaining an aloof, mysterious presence to Claire and the boy. Birch Wolfchild, Joe Willie’s father, sees the potential for Aiden to become a champion and for his son to heal himself, if they can move beyond anger to forge a partnership. Claire’s and Joe Willie’s wounds bring them together in a surprising romance, and beneath it all is Birch Wolfchild’s tale of the changing of the life of the Indian cowboy. Dream Wheels is a story about change. Moving from the Wild West Shows of the late 1880s to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas to a lush valley in the mountains, it tells the story of a people’s journey, a family’s vision, a man’s reawakening, a woman’s recovery, and a boy’s emergence to manhood.
Medicine Walk
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Author : Ardath Mayhar
language : en
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Release Date : 1985
Medicine Walk written by Ardath Mayhar and has been published by Atheneum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Children's stories, American categories.
After his father's heart attack and the resulting crash of their small plane, Burr must travel alone through forty miles of summer desert with little food and water.
Starlight
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Author : Richard Wagamese
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Release Date : 2019-05-21
Starlight written by Richard Wagamese and has been published by McClelland & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-21 with Fiction categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the beloved, bestselling author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, Richard Wagamese's final novel is a rapturous and profoundly moving story of love, compassion, mercy, and the consolations to be found in the natural world. Frank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, occasionally venturing into the unbroken country around his property to photograph the wild animals who thrive there. His contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, a woman on the run who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a life of abuse. Frank takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet, and, gradually, this accidental family grows into a real one. But Emmy's violent ex-boyfriend isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is determined to hunt her down. An instant national bestseller, Starlight was unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. With astonishing scenes set in the rugged backcountry of the B.C. Interior, and characters whose scars cut deep even as their journey toward healing and forgiveness lifts us, Starlight is a magnificent last gift to readers from a writer who believed in the power of stories to save us.
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home
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Author : Catherynne M. Valente
language : en
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release Date : 2016-03-01
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home written by Catherynne M. Valente and has been published by Feiwel & Friends this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
This final book in the New York Times-bestselling Fairyland series finds September accidentally crowned the Queen of Fairyland. But there are others who believe they have a fair and good claim on the throne, so there is a Royal Race--whoever wins will seize the crown. Along the way, beloved characters including the Wyverary, A-Through-L, the boy Saturday, the changelings Hawthorn and Tamburlaine, the wombat Blunderbuss, and the gramophone Scratch are caught up in the madness. And September's parents have crossed the universe to find their daughter. Who will win? What will become of September, Saturday, and A-Through-L? The answers will surprise you, and are as bewitching and bedazzling as fans of this series by Catherynne M. Valente have come to expect.