Review: Truth Telling

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Michelle Good 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 30 May 2023

Make this book required reading in schools. I highly recommend buying a copy when this hits bookstores tomorrow. Miigwech for these stories and your bravery, Michelle.

Truth Telling by Michelle Good is a collection of seven essays through which readers learn the historical and contemporary experience of Indigenous life in Canada. As an Amerindian, I cannot stress enough how important reading this collection is. It deepened my understanding of the past and present.

I felt like I could hear Goods voice as I read. This book contains no useless information, and I found everything relevant and aided in building her perspective. A handbook on the horrors committed in the name of “advancement” by the Canadian government, Good explains what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report is and where some of its recommendations stem from. Goods personal experiences shed light on some of the recommendations Indigenous populations have made of the Canadian government.

Informed by personal experience and knowledge, Good shows how wickedness continues to support the institutions in power and the ongoing human suffering rooted in colonialism. Something I have experienced one too many times. One time is too many, and a critical examination of the Canadian narrative is required.

If you want to learn more about the strained Indigenous-government relations in Canada, I highly recommend this read. You will also gain insight into its history and how colonialism destroys entire generations and steals their futures.

Thank you to Netgalley, HarperCollins Canada, and HarperCollins Publishers for an eARC in exchange for my honest review!

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