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In Search of April Raintree

di Beatrice Culleton Mosionier

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Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Yet over the years, the bond between them grows. As they each make their way in a society that is, at times, indifferent, hostile, and violent, one embraces her Métis identity, while the other tries to leave it behind. In the end, out of tragedy, comes an unexpected legacy of triumph and reclamation.

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Interesting but slow at times. It seems the beginning was more interesting. Also, I’m under the impression that this may be a true story. Not exactly my kind of book. ( )
  Leessa | Sep 3, 2022 |
I chose this book in order to gain a better understanding of indigenous history, in particular the treatment given indigenous children placed in foster care and the resulting ramifications of such treatment. To those ends, the book served me well. Through the story of two sisters taken from their families and placed in a variety of foster homes, I felt I better understood the social and personal issues they faced as children, then later as adults. The story itself was a little slow moving at times, but there was enough there to hold my attention and force me to ask hard questions of myself. All this came about a month before the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools in BC and Saskatchewan. Shocking though that was, I think this book and its portrayal of treatment given the main characters, helped to prepare me for the awful news. ( )
  larvest | Jul 2, 2022 |
"In Search of April Raintree" was a brilliant story due to character development, mystery, and pacing. Beatrice Mosionier had many opportunities to preach or fully explain situations, but instead, let the consequences become the explanations. The message became more powerful that way.

I read that "In Search of April Raintree" --published 1983 --is based on Beatrice Mosionier's life. In 2009, she published an autobiography called "Come Walk With Me: A Memoir." I want to read it. ( )
  nab6215 | Jan 18, 2022 |
I downloaded this book on Hoopla simply because it was fiction read by Michaela Washburn. I really enjoyed her reading of [book:The Break|29220494].

It turns out that this book is from 1983, and is very well known in Canada--I am in the US and had never heard of it. Even though this book reads at a very YA level, the content is very much adult--and there is an edited YA version.

This novel follows two Metis sisters, April and Cheryl Raintree, from their early childhood with their parents, through being split up and put into different foster homes (good and bad, 1 Metis), family meetings with their parents, schools, and then their experiences as young adults. These different experiences--and their different ages, Cheryl being younger has fewer memories of their parents than April--lead them to very different attitudes. April can pass as white if she chooses, and is ashamed of her Metis heritage. Cheryl could never pass as white and embraces her Metis heritage and plans to be a social worker. Both attitudes fail them as adults; just as April struggles to appreciate her culture, Cheryl cannot accept the problems her people have.

Mosionier is herself Metis and grew up in foster care. I wonder if any of the foster families depicted represent ones she lived with? How is this book viewed in the Metis community today, almost 40 years after it was first written?

Lots of trigger warnings on this one (the unedited version). ( )
  Dreesie | Sep 23, 2020 |
I thought this was a powerful book and a very good choice for the reading challenge. It is written in quite a simple style so it is easy to read but the issues are complex and important. April Raintree and her sister Cheryl were removed from their parents by Children's Aid Society. The girls were put into separate foster homes. They are Metis but April looks white and always looked down on natives. Cheryl, on the other hand, looked Indian and was very proud of being Metis. The book follows April and Cheryl as they grow up.

The foster home system was one theme that was explored fully. I found it very realistic and this realism was explained when I read at the end of the book that the author grew up in foster homes. I was glad to read that her experiences with foster homes were mainly positive but I know that many children were placed in less positive homes.

The problems of urban natives was also very thoroughly explored. I'm afraid that not much has changed on that front since this book was written. One thing that has changed in my observation is how many people are proud to say they are Metis. At work a few years ago I was in a training session where everyone was asked to introduce themselves and say something about their ancestral background. In a room of about 30 people at least 5 mentioned that they had some Metis heritage and they were proud of it. Maybe the vision Louis Riel had all those years ago is finally coming to fruition. ( )
  gypsysmom | Aug 9, 2017 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Mosionier, Beatrice Culletonautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Suzack, CherylA cura diautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Washburn, MichaelaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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Two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless to change their fortunes, they are separated, and each put into different foster homes. Yet over the years, the bond between them grows. As they each make their way in a society that is, at times, indifferent, hostile, and violent, one embraces her Métis identity, while the other tries to leave it behind. In the end, out of tragedy, comes an unexpected legacy of triumph and reclamation.

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