Review: A Grandmother Begins the Story
- Megan // thebookishnarwhal
- Jun 18, 2023
- 1 min read
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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Michelle Porter 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 09 May 2023
First drawn in by the cover, A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter is a beautiful story that is quietly powerful, begging to be read again and again.
Meet the Goulet family. They are a Métis family known for their music and jigging. The story takes readers on a multigenerational journey, and we become privy to hardships endured and connected traumas. Told from multiple perspectives, it does contain content relating to death, grief, alcohol and drug use, and suicide.
Porter’s writing left me filled with charm and wonder. A character-driven novel, Porter beautifully portrays the voices of each Goulet woman in various stages of life. I also adore how she includes the voices of the animals and the land around them. I loved the bison and the many voices who contributed to this beautiful story.
Thank you to Netgalley, Penguin Random House Canada, and Viking for an eARC in exchange for my honest review!
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