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Up Ghost River by Edmund Metatawabin

Up Ghost River: A Chief`s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

Up Ghost River Book JacketIn the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada’s worst residential schools. St. Anne’s, in northern Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Even as Metatawabin built the trappings of a successful life—wife, kids, career—he was tormented by horrific memories. Fuelled by alcohol, the trauma from his past caught up with him, and his family and work lives imploded.

Random House Canada
Memoir

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