5/24/2023 0 Comments Heart berries memoir![]() If I'm writing to my mother, is it in complete earnest? - Terese Marie Mailhot Just writing to her and also writing about her - I think it brought me closer to Casey or closer to understanding my father. The only way I could really reconnect and trust people is if I conjured her into my life because she was a source of strength. And, I think the absence of my mother later in my life transformed my relationships with other people. "When I was in the hospital, I started writing Indian Sick and it was a letter to Casey. I understood that it was important to convey something to him, but I hadn't figured out what yet. Her journey to wellness is not a straight-forward trajectory, but there are triumphs nonetheless, including acceptance into the prestigious Institute of American Indian Arts.īelow, Mailhot shares how and why she wrote this quiet and powerful book. ![]() ![]() Written as a series of letters to her husband Casey and her deceased mother, Mailhot goes over some of the most difficult moments of her life - from losing her son in a custody battle to committing herself to a hospital and discovering long-buried childhood traumas. Shortlisted for two of Canada's top nonfiction prizes, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award, the slim, poetic memoir is now on the Canada Reads 2019 longlist. ![]() ![]() Heart Berries, Terese Marie Mailhot's first book, was one of the most talked about titles of 2018. ![]()
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