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Longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon First Novel Award
Shortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
Winner of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English
Winner of the 2018 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design – Prose Fiction
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This novel grabs you by the collar and won’t let go (and that’s a very good thing)!
I was riveted from the first page by the book’s powerful blend of fiction, memoir, and myth, which illuminates the life of a contemporary Inuk girl coming of age. Author Tanya Tagaq is a renowned throat singer from Ikaluktutiak, Nunavut, whose writing is as profoundly moving as her music.
I love how this book balances the kaleidoscopic world of a girl coming of age – including violent, dark events, tender moments, and the elemental histories and contemporary disruptions that connect Inuit culture to…
From Stacy's list on Stacy Carlson's favorite books written by women that capture the magic of the Far North.
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