The Shoe Boy
Author | : Duncan McCue |
Publisher | : Purich Books |
Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780774880596 |
ISBN-13 | : 0774880597 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: At the age of seventeen, an Anishinabe boy who was raised in the south joined a James Bay Cree family in a one-room hunting cabin in the isolated wilderness of northern Quebec. Reflecting on his search for his own personal identity, that kid – Duncan McCue – takes us on an evocative exploration of the teenage years and the culture shock he experienced moving to the unfamiliar North. The result is a contemplative, honest, and unexpected coming-of-age memoir set in the context of the Cree struggle to protect their way of life, after massive hydro-electric projects forever altered the landscape they know as Eeyou Istchee.