It says June 12, but I had actually stayed up late, into the am hours, to finish this book, so technically the 12th, but actually I finished it the same day I started reading it.
I think this book is masterfully done. I loved it. It made me think, and it fit into my own life. (in regards to the spiritual side of things... hard to explain... and for another blog, lol)
The story follows Running Fawn, a young First Nations girl in Alberta, around the time of the signing of Treaty Seven. You follow her from when she is little, still in the traditional way of life, when white settlers are starting to come in greater numbers, through the disappearance of the Buffalo, to settling on the reserve, being one of two sent to a Mission school, full of white children, and strange things she has never seen or had to do before. Her pain at being seperated from her family. Finally returning to the reservation, and... I shall say no more lest I spoil it for you ;)
You feel Running Fawn's frustration, you can (at least I did) identify with her all the way along. It's an incredible story. There's so much more I wish I could say, but the words elude me, it's all more of a feeling than something to put into words... just.. a really great book and well worth the read.
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