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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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, and Physical abuse
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