In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience Audiobook

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• Longlisted for the RBC Taylor PrizeWinner of a Saskatchewan Book AwardShortlisted for the First Nation Communities READ Award

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• The best kind of memoir: clear-eyed, generous, and glorious. . . .  Bear witness to the emergence of one of the most powerful voices of her generation.

  — Eden Robinson, author of Son of a Trickster and Monkey Beach (from the foreword)

• Intelligent, courageous, emotionally searing.

  — Globe and Mail

• Proclaims healing a revolutionary act.

  — Booklist

• An incredibly forceful and moving book, the embodiment of what it means to reconcile, both with oneself and with others.

  — Quill & Quire

• Helen Knott speaks truth to the experience of Indigenous women living through the violence of colonized spaces and she does so with grace, beauty and a ferocity that makes me feel so proud.

  — Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

• Helen writes beautifully and painfully, about her own life and the lives of many of our sisters. A strong, gentle voice removing the colonial blanket and exposing truth.

  — Maria Campbell, author of Halfbreed

• An incredible debut that documents how trauma and addiction can be turned into healing and love. I am in awe of Helen Knott and her courage. I am a fan for life. Wow.

  — Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed

• Powerful, filled with emotion.

  — Carol Daniels, author of Bearskin Diary and Hiraeth

• A beautiful rendering of how recovery for our peoples is inevitably about reconnecting with Indigenous identities, lands, cultural and healing practices.

  — Kim Anderson, author of Reconstructing Native Womenhood