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- ISBN 9780715655498
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jul 2024
- Publisher: Duckworth Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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All her life, Helen Knott has been surrounded by strong women. She has looked to the women in her family and the larger Indigenous community for guidance, absorbed their stories and admired their independence. But Helen’s path hasn’t been easy and when her mother and grandmother died within six months of each other, she drew upon lessons from her ancestors and the land to discover her inner power and refashion her future.
Exploring their struggles and her own with young motherhood, daughterhood, grief and sobriety, Knott offers an inspiring meditation on how we repair ourselves in the face of tragedy, trauma and injustice; on what it is to be a woman – and become a matriarch.
Helen Knott is of Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis and European descent from Prophet River First Nations, and she lives in British Columbia. She is a poet and activist working for Indigenous land rights and in 2016 was chosen as one of sixteen global changemakers by the Nobel Women’s Initiative for ending gender-based violence. Her books In My Own Moccasins and Becoming a Matriarch have both topped the Canadian bestseller lists.
