A new collection of warm, wise, and inspiring stories from the author
of the best-selling One Native Life
Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced
Richard Wagamese's One Native Life. "In quiet tones and luminous
language," wrote the Winnipeg Free Press, "Wagamese shares his hurts and
joys, inviting readers to find the ways in which they are joined to him
and to consider how they might be joined to others."
In this new book, Richard Wagamese again invites readers to accompany
him on his travels. This time his focus is on stories: how they shape
us, how they empower us, how they change our lives. Ancient and
contemporary, cultural and spiritual, funny and sad, the tales are
grouped according to the four essential principles Ojibway traditional
teachers sought to impart: humility, trust, introspection, and wisdom.
Whether the topic is learning from his grade five teacher about Martin
Luther King, gleaning understanding from a wolf track, lighting a fire
for the first time without matches, or finding the universe in an eagle
feather, these stories exhibit the warmth, wisdom, and generosity that
made One Native Life so popular. As always, in these pages, the land
serves as Wagamese's guide. And as always, he finds that true home means
not only community but conversation--good, straight-hearted talk about
important things. We all need to tell our stories, he says. Every voice
matters.
