Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison
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Against the stark and haunting landscape of Canada's Far North, fifteen-year-old Trista chronicles the events of her life from her room in the Polar Girls' Prison. Caught in the decline of sexual abuse, drunkenness, and failed motherhood, Trista tries to make sense of her past.
Publisher:
Toronto : - Viking Canada
Pages:
223
ISBN:
9780670068456
Language:
English
Notes:
Canadian author.
Statement of responsibility:
Cathleen With
Physical description:
223 p. ; 24 cm.
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Add a CommentWe are in the head of Trista, a 15-yr-old part Inuvialuit girl awaiting trial for her part in a serious crime. It is hard to read this book as you have to get past the very coarse language and the fragmented story (Trista knows everything but she is in denial so only pieces reach her consciousness). The story, set in Jackfish Bay, a community beside the Mackenzie River modelled on Inuvik, brings very clearly a picture of the life of the young people growing up there, caught between the old ways out on the land, and the lure of new ways far away in YK (Yellowknife). They pine for one and hanker for the other, and have little skills to live for today. Like real life, the story does not end with the book's ending.
Interesting novel that provides a lot of insight into the communities in Northern Canada. I found myself somewhat shocked with the issues and struggles that some of these characters endured. Brings to the surface questions about personal choices.