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In the harsh winter of 1919, Niska, the last Oji‑Cree medicine woman in her community, receives word of a boy she sent to war. When she leaves the forest to find him, she discovers not the expected son but her brother Xavier, gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. With his life teetering, Niska carries him back to their camp, offering comfort through stories of her people. As they travel, Xavier recounts the horrors he and his close friend, Elijah Whiskeyjack, endured on the battlefields of France and Belgium. Their skill as snipers and the brutal realities they faced in foxholes at Ypres and the Somme are revealed, alongside the mystery of Elijah’s fate. The tale, drawn from the real-life legacy of World War I Ojibwa hero Francis Pegahmagabow, explores the devastating impact of war on soldiers and their communities, and the possibility of healing and rebirth amid loss.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Joseph Boyden
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