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David Alexander Robertson

Autor de When We Were Alone

28+ Obras 1,388 Miembros 105 Reseñas

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Créditos de la imagen: David Robertson photographed in Montréal , Québec, Canada at the Jewish Public Library (thru a projection screen showing a live Skype webcast because he wasn't able to show up there) as part of the 2019 Ya Fest. By Bull-Doser - Own work., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79266265

Obras de David Alexander Robertson

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Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1977-01-12
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Canada
Lugar de nacimiento
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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I have to honor the author for revealing his life, his emotions, his hopes, his family. A child of mixed cultures, his mother took the children to live separately from their father for about 10 years, a critical time in his development. This is not a novel to be read for escapism.
But.
As I've said in other reviews, I am not interested in books that are introspective. This book primarily lives in the author's head. He spends many chapters describing his anxiety, his sense of loss. He spends so much time repeating his memories and lamenting how few he has. I lament it also, as he repeats the same meager scenes more than once. He talks about how his "recontextualization of my childhood has altered how I view myself as a Cree person." (p.173) and the importance of knowing your traditional language as a direct connection with your heritage.
OK, I get it.
Finally, chapter 13 had them arrive at the family trapline, just barely in time for the end of the book.
I guess I was misled by the jacket blurb which called this 'a father-son journey to the northern trapline where Robertson and his father will reclaim their connection to the land". No, they didn't move up there and start trapping.
Misled by the reviewer who stated "rich in lore and insight and compassion". Well, there was plenty of insight, and he did describe his compassion for what his mother went thru, and respected family member's privacy by not sharing everything. But the only lore shared was the same snippet.
Misled by "mesmerizing...and tremendously gorgeous" said by Cherie Dimaline, the author of 'The Marrow Thieves' (which I was mesmerized by).
Another person might connect with this book, but not me.
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juniperSun | Mar 21, 2024 |
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The amazing saga continues! I still recommend starting at the beginning so that you feel more of the emotional aspects of their adventures and revisiting characters from the first two books in the series. It is probably best for older children or young teens, but I still really appreciated it as an adult and was able to finish it quickly. This book is uniquely indigenous in its storytelling, and brings such a fun fantasy perspective to the children's real life experiences. Kind of reminiscient of Narnia Chronicles, where the children go on fantastic adventures while learning important lessons for life.
I received a free copy for my review, but that didn't influence this perspective.
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kenagurl | 20 reseñas más. | Mar 5, 2024 |
Two middle-school aged Indigenous children in foster care, both removed from their parents, find family in each other on a fantasy quest. I enjoyed the fantasy/mythological quest part of the story and the developing relationship between the two foster siblings, Morgan and Eli. A wide variety of social issues were tackled in a non-threatening way, especially the practice of ripping Indigenous children from their families and putting them in foster care and the hoarding and wasting of wealth/resources. I think my sons would have really enjoyed this book in middle school. Nicely written.… (más)
 
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bschweiger | 16 reseñas más. | Feb 4, 2024 |
Hats off to the producers of this audiobook. It was an inspired choice to have the author read the parts of the novel that were written as letters from the father to the daughter. I'm sure I would have liked the book if I had read it in print but sometimes hearing the narration, especially when it is done by the author, just adds extra to the experience.

Holly is a 16 year old Indigenous girl living in Winnipeg with her mother and father. She and her father, Matthew, used to be close when she was young but they've grown apart. Matthew has anxiety issues and he is also carrying on a flirtation with a co-worker so he isn't as present for Holly as he should be. Holly, in addition to being a teenage girl, has discovered this affair and she's so angry with her father. Ironically, the catalyst for healing their relationship is the sudden death of Moshom, Matthew's father. Matthew decides he needs to honour his father's wish to return to the trap line north of Norway House where he grew up. He decides to take some of his father's ashes there. When Holly learns of this plan she says she wants to go with him. This trip could have gone either way but it ends up bringing the father and daughter close together.

The description of the canoe trip the pair take is the highlight of the book. The land, the water, the skies and the wildlife are beautifully rendered. Robertson comes from this area and it is obvious he loves it. I suspect this will be one of my best books of 2024.
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gypsysmom | 2 reseñas más. | Jan 26, 2024 |

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