Ruth Teichroeb
Autore di Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse
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Flowers on my grave : how an Ojibwa boy's death… di Ruth Teichroeb
"Flowers on My Grace" is a well researched and important book for anyone to read who wants to gain a deeper insight into the problem of child abuse in First Nations communities. A reporter for The Winnipeg Free Press, Teichreob's book reads less like a compelling work of nonfiction and more as a series of feature stories jaggedly arranged. The author's tenacity to conduct hundreds of interviews about this topic are impressive and she treats her subjects, especially Lester Desjarlais's sisters, with care and respect. I only wish the language was a bit more artful.… (altro)
When a young Ojibwa boy named Lester Desjarlais took his own life, the inquest
into his death, scheduled to last a day, broadened into one of the longest in
Manitoba's history unearthing a story of sexual abuse, family suffering and
finally, tragedy.
into his death, scheduled to last a day, broadened into one of the longest in
Manitoba's history unearthing a story of sexual abuse, family suffering and
finally, tragedy.
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