Becoming a Matriarch

‘A masterpiece of grief and joy, loss and rediscovery, flight and return, and, above all, a paean to the beautiful, eternal and all-encompassing power of matriarchy’ Dr Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal

‘Helen Knott tells the story of the women in her family pushing up against the boundaries of gender, race, and class, and shows us that another way of living is possible. Her sentences are poetic and dazzling – readers will surely return to them again and again’ Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of A Minor Chorus

‘Vivid and lyrical, Helen Knott explores grief, love, addiction and recovery, as she navigates the story of a self. She weaves the inheritance of trauma with the inheritance of indigenous medicine to create a compelling narrative of healing and deep joy’ Carmel Mc Mahon, author of In Ordinary Time

‘In this moving memoir, Helen Knott anchors the dream world of her indigenous ancestors to the harsh reality of being a matriarch in the modern world. Her writing weaves humour in between raw, visceral honesty – I couldn’t tear myself away from it’ Priya Joi, author of Motherland

Helen Knott is of Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis and European descent from Prophet River First Nations, and she lives in British Columbia. She is a poet and activist working for Indigenous land rights and in 2016 was chosen as one of sixteen global changemakers by the Nobel Women’s Initiative for ending gender-based violence. Her books In My Own Moccasins and Becoming a Matriarch have both topped the Canadian bestseller lists.

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