English language
Published Sept. 9, 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers.
A bold, provocative examination of Canadian Indigenous issues from advocate, activist and award-winning novelist Michelle Good
Truth Telling is a collection of essays about the contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada. From resistance and reconciliation to the resurgence and reclamation of Indigenous power, Michelle Good explores the issues through a series of personal essays.
The collection includes an expansion and update of her highly popular Globe and Mail article about “pretendians," as well as “A History of Violence," an essay that appeared in a book about missing and murdered women. Other pieces deal with topics such as discrimination against Indigenous children; what is meant by meaningful reconciliation; and the importance of the Indigenous literary renaissance of the 1970s.
With authority, intelligence and insight, Michelle Good delves into the human cost of colonialism, showing how it continues to underpin social institutions in Canada and prevents meaningful and substantive reconciliation.
Michelle Good's collection of seven essays, each on a distinct theme in the broad topic of reconciliation, presents a good picture of the current status of the indigenous struggle for recognition and status, and convincing rationale for a change in attitude and approach by the colonial institutions and settler community. A worthwhile read.
