Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is the first time I have ever read a present-day story in a place familiar to me, with characters so familiar they might be real, and with the constant companion of the familiar sound of my heritage language. It is a delightful feeling that is hard to describe. Plus, as with the best of mysteries - I laughed out loud, I cried, and I stayed up too late wanting to know whodunnit. I also swelled with pride and hope at the sharing of Anishinaabe culture. The Seven Grandfather Teachings, the sacred fire following death, the profound connections to place, ceremony, the love for our Elders and our future generations, and so much more. Boulley took the best parts and the worst parts of how we live and know ourselves and somehow wove that into a tight braid of our total experience. The beautiful things and the terrible things. I’m just floored.