ʔbédayine

Name: ʔbédayine
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Kaitlyn Purcell
ISBN: 9781094273655

Author: Kaitlyn Purcell

Narrator: Kaitlyn Purcell

Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Bookdance

Published: 03/16/2020

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Indigenous

Synopsis

In Edmonton, Ronnie learns what it is to be a young Indigenous woman, almost-alone in the city; unable to hear herself over its noise, see through the glare of its lights to find the ground beneath her feet. Stories of addiction, self-discovery, and the love of a good friend come together to form ʔbédayine, Kaitlyn Purcell's breathtaking debut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by lauren

liked the authors writing + cool layout like chapters but also felt like prose poems but also mixed with actual poems (?) !......more

Goodreads review by John

Really into the tone and language in this book. It has the intensity of "A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing" mixed with Otessa Moshfegh (maybe?). Hard to put my finger on the books it evokes.......more

Goodreads review by Amy

This book is absolutely stunning with its brutal honesty and sparse prose.......more

Goodreads review by Flow

Pfiou... Maybe I should be so full of myself that I float to the moon. Should I love her more that I love myself? Or is it that the more I love myself, the more I will become able to love the world? Can I fill myself with so much love that there's no longer room for anything else inside me? So ful......more