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teenbrarian's review
2.0
Advance copy read via NetGalley. I am from this part of Southern Alberta and have family who would have had similar experiences to the author’s family’s in that time period.
Pros: the solid feminist angle on the prairie settler experience of an independent young woman.
Cons: lots of talk of “dominion” and no thought to the Blackfoot people from whom the land was taken. For a historical book published in 2023, no excuse for not incorporating that into the narrative, or at the very, very least, the author’s afterword. Cannot recommend because of this.
Pros: the solid feminist angle on the prairie settler experience of an independent young woman.
Cons: lots of talk of “dominion” and no thought to the Blackfoot people from whom the land was taken. For a historical book published in 2023, no excuse for not incorporating that into the narrative, or at the very, very least, the author’s afterword. Cannot recommend because of this.
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, and Physical abuse
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