heart berries

This memoir traces the First Nations author’s coming-of-age story from the difficulties of her life on a B.C. reserve, to her dysfunctional upbringing, her family situation and issues, her time in foster care, her many rocky relationships, her unstable mental health, and ultimately her search for her voice and identity. In telling her story, Mailhot recounts her struggles with mental health, substance abuse, self-harm, poverty, and sexual situations. Given the mature content of the memoir, it is best suited for smaller novel study groups or for individual novel study by mature senior students. Social considerations noted; pre-teaching may be required.