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Medicine walk

Wagamese, Richard (author.).

Summary: "Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with the man. The rare moments they've shared haunt and trouble Frank, but he answers the call, a son's duty to a father. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon's end. From a poverty-stricken childhood, to the Korean War, and later the derelict houses of mill towns, Eldon relates both the desolate moments of his life and a time of redemption and love, and in doing so offers Frank a history he has never known, the father he has never had, and a connection to himself he never expected. A novel about love, friendship, courage, and the idea that the land has within it powers of healing, Medicine Walk reveals the ultimate goodness of its characters and offers a deeply moving and redemptive conclusion. Wagamese's writing soars and his insight and compassion are matched by his gift of communicating these to the reader." --

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771089213
  • Physical Description: 245 pages ; 22 cm
    print
  • Edition: Emblem edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Emblem McClelland & Stewart, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First Nations author.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also in electronic format.
Subject: Storytelling -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Indigenous Peoples -- Fiction
Parent and child -- Fiction
Fathers and sons -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Alcoholic fathers -- Fiction
Indigenous peoples
Ojibwa  -- Fiction
Rites and ceremonies -- Fiction
Teenage boys -- Fiction
Authors, Canadian (Indigenous)
Indigenous authors
British Columbia -- Fiction
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Topic Heading: Aboriginal.
Indigenous collection

Available copies

  • 49 of 52 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 52 total copies.
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Acquisition Type: New
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Summary: "Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with the man. The rare moments they've shared haunt and trouble Frank, but he answers the call, a son's duty to a father. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon's end. From a poverty-stricken childhood, to the Korean War, and later the derelict houses of mill towns, Eldon relates both the desolate moments of his life and a time of redemption and love, and in doing so offers Frank a history he has never known, the father he has never had, and a connection to himself he never expected. A novel about love, friendship, courage, and the idea that the land has within it powers of healing, Medicine Walk reveals the ultimate goodness of its characters and offers a deeply moving and redemptive conclusion. Wagamese's writing soars and his insight and compassion are matched by his gift of communicating these to the reader." --

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