Thanks Jacqueline for hosting us in the Tallhouse.You make great use of your small space. During the evening, many of us preferred to use our newly created names: Between Two Places; Cries a Lot; Moon Admirer; Lives near Trees. Christine I can't remember your name, I can only remember the name your kids gave you: She Vacuums. We missed our absent members, return to us well, rested and full of adventure stories.
I can't remember the last time we started the book discussion during appetizers, continued through dinner and didn't stop, even after the next book was launched. Even then, there were grumblings that we didn't touch on all of the important subjects. Everyone enjoyed reading the book and most agreed that it was a book that could change Canada -- the current question before the panel on Canada Reads. There were differing opinions on whether the re-telling of the Jean de Brebeuf story was original or not and whether Joseph Boyden was aboriginal or not or even if that mattered.
Wab Kinew presented a spectacular spoken poem defending the Orenda on Canada Reads on Day 1. He also wears A Tribe Called Red t-shirt.
Next month's book choice is The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman. See you all next month.
2 comments:
If you aren't already sick of Wab Kinew (as you know I am not!). Here is a great piece he wrote for Walrus. http://thewalrus.ca/the-residential-school-apology/
Interesting tie into the book too.
Wow what a powerful article!
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