A powerful story of Indigenous identity, healing, and cultural reconnection in the Yukon.In Karen Lee White'sThe Silence, Leah Redsky, a Salteaux/Salish woman, grapples with her identity while navigating a challenging intercultural relationship and a government job in Vancouver. A breakdown leads her to uncover a hidden past through a diary and dream encounters with Tlingit/Tagish spirits.
Leah's journey takes her back to the Yukon, where she must confront past traumas, reconcile her ability to communicate with spirits, and embrace her destiny as a Medicine Woman. This atmospheric novel explores themes ofIndigenous spirituality, personal transformation, and cultural reconnection, offering a poignant exploration of healing and identity. Perfect for readers ofliterary fiction, Canadian Indigenous authors, and spiritual journeys.
Karen Lee White is a Northern Salish, Tuscarora, Chippewa and Scots writer from Vancouver Island, B.C. She was adopted into the Daklaweidi clan of the Interior Tlingit Tagish people on whose land the story unfolds. In 2017, Karen was awarded an Indigenous Art Award for Writing by the Hnatyshyn Foundation.
White's first novel resonates with crucial political and ethical questions that everyone needs to consider. This is vital, engaged and artful writing that sticks in the memory and makes us think again about who, and where, we are
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