Caitlin press jun 2025 (2 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Born in 1935 in the village of Esket, Cecilia DeRose was welcomed into a loving, supportive Secwepemc family. At seven years old, she eagerly awaited her turn to join her older sister and brother at St. Johns Mission, where she could escape the drudgery of washing diapers and caring for her younger siblings at home. Nothing could have prepared her for the cruelty of institutionalized life. Dreams of an education that might lead to a career as a teacher, lawyer, or journalist were dashed. Residential school was hell, and Cecilia was left with the scars to prove it. In 1956, Cecilia married non-Indigenous ranch hand Lenny DeRose and lost her Indigenous status. Nevertheless, Cecilia remained true to her Secwepemc roots and traditions. She eventually regained her status and became an ambassador of Secwepemc language and cultural practices. As she raised her own six children, she took great care to bestow in them the cultural teachings of the Secwepemc identity. She eventually taught the Secwepemcstin language in the public-school system, fulfilling her dream of teaching and reinforcing her belief that ' we have one arrow left in our quiver and that's education-- we must use it wisely.'.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Nineteen-year-old Lily knows she doesn't belong at a dead-end job in her father's small-town Alberta furniture store, not when she's been offered a job in the ancient forests of Haida Gwaii. But her search for a sense of place becomes more complicated when a band of tree planters she meets on the road question her assumptions about whose land she is moving towards. Once at the logging camp, the rugged work and her rough co-workers make her even more uncertain about where she fits in. While measuring trees, Lily sees a mysterious figure who disappeared into the forest years before. Is he a man or a myth Everyone has a different opinion. As she meets more locals and learns about the community, Lily discovers surprising secrets about her estranged mother's time in the area-- and that her connection to this place may not be what she thought. Do the rumours Lily keeps hearing about the mysterious hermit have anything to do with her As more and more questions rise to the surface, Lily plunges deeper into the forest to find out.…