NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

Sono Nis, Winlaw, BC, 2011, 3^rd pr.  ISBN 978-1-55039-121-3.  Trade soft cover, 186+ pages.  Unread copy, not remaindered.  Interior clean and unmarked with black & white photos and illustrations.  ‘Often taken without warning or time to say goodbye to their families, children as young as five had their hair cropped short and their clothes taken away.  Then they were deloused, dressed in uniforms and forbidden to speak their native language or practise their traditional arts, religion or dances.  … a fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people.  These unforgettable children are taken by government agents from Tsartlip Day School to live at Kuper Island Residential School.  The five are isolated on the small island and life becomes regimented by the strict school routine.  They experience the pain of homesickness and confusion while trying to adjust to a world completely different from their own.  Their lives are no longer organized by fishing, hunting and family, but by bells, line-ups and chores.’ (from rear wrap)

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