| International Standard Book Number |
9781443459181 paperback
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| International Standard Book Number |
1443459186 paperback
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| Personal Name |
Good, Michelle
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| Title Statement |
Five little indians
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| Varying Form of Title |
5 little indians.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial, [2020]
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| Physical Description |
293 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can't stop running and moves restlessly from job to job - through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps - trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward." -- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indians of North America Canada Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Survival Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Poverty Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indigenous youth Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Psychic trauma Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indigenous peoples Government relations Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cree Indians Social life and customs Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Off-reservation boarding schools Canada Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indians of North America Cultural assimilation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indians of North America Ethnic identity Fiction.
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| Subject |
Vancouver (B.C.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Canadian fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction. lcgft.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
Online version: Good, Michelle. Five little indians. Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2020 1443459194 9781443459198 (OCoLC)1137537753.
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