Keeper'n Me
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
$39.80
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2018
Summary
By turns funny, poignant and mystical, Keeper’n Me casts fresh light on the redemptive power of one’s community and tradition.
When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city.
Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himsel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385693257 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385693257 |
| Author: | Richard Wagamese |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
“A fascinating read…I loved the revelations of a child taken away from the love of his family and put out to where his spirit was lost…Wagamese’s book is about healing the lost soul”
-Tantoo Cardinal
Richard Wagamese
Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was one of Canada’s foremost writers.
His acclaimed, bestselling novels included:
- Keeper’n Me
- Indian Horse, which was a Canada Reads finalist, winner of the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature, and made into a feature film
- Medicine Walk
He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, including:
- For Joshua
- One Native Life
- One Story, One Song, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature
Additionally, he authored a collection of personal reflections, Embers, which received the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award.
Wagamese won numerous awards and recognition for his writing, including:
- The National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications
- The Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize
- The Canada Reads People’s Choice Award
- The Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Matt Cohen Award
Wagamese died on March 10, 2017, in Kamloops, B.C.
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