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I looked close into my own eyes and saw a truth there I knew I would never be rid of.” pg 76 “I sat in front of the vanity mirror, looking at the reflection, this stranger. Below is an introduction to some of the characters Good creates with an enticing quote. Good unfolds a tapestry that illustrates how these young adults limp through the Naïve to the difficult conundrum of living alone, and under employed in Vancouver, each one is confronted with the bias of the colonial world. Their ages vary somewhat from 16 to early 20s when they are ‘dropped’ into their new lives. The characters, already Isolated and torn from their natal families, these children became masters of survival while at residential school but life in the cloistered church school could hardly prepare them for life on the tough Vancouver streets.

Residential school survivors, fresh and innocent to the horrors of living in a big city, are woven into a compelling tale. Michelle Good reminds me of my grandfather and the time when storytellers spun words into magic.