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From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way / Jesse Thistle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thistle, Jesse, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thistle, Jesse.
- Métis--Biography.
- Métis.
- Addicts.
- Homeless persons.
- Cree Indians.
- Canada.
- Cree Indians--Canada--Biography.
- Homeless persons--Canada--Biography.
- Addicts--Canada--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
- Summary:
- "From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, but their tough-love attitudes meant conflicts became commonplace. And the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. One day, he finally realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful experiences with abuse, uncovering the truth about his parents, and how he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family through education. An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice and racism and to be cast adrift, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help one find happiness despite the odds."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Lost And Alone 1979-1987
- A Little Boy's Dream p. 7
- Road Allowance p. 9
- Hornet p. 17
- Trash Pandas p. 23
- A Father's Love p. 27
- The Red Baron p. 28
- The Pact p. 35
- Monster Rescue p. 38
- The Beast p. 41
- Touch of Home p. 44
- Godzilla p. 48
- Leeroy and the Brown Pop p. 51
- Robin's Eggs p. 55
- Attaboy! p. 57
- Little Thief p. 61
- Supremacy p. 66
- Heart Attack p. 68
- Not a Picture in Sight p. 72
- The Fake Italian p. 76
- Falling Apart 1988-1996
- My Fabricated Persona p. 81
- Oddball p. 82
- Just Like the Rest of Them p. 85
- The Most Important Thing p. 88
- Canada Geese p. 91
- Cheese Slices p. 93
- Drive p. 98
- Birdsong p. 103
- Jack Him p. 108
- A New Family p. 111
- Tradition p. 121
- Troublemaker p. 125
- The Strongest Brother p. 128
- Choice p. 130
- Premonition p. 136
- Berries p. 139
- Opening Up p. 143
- Pride p. 146
- Banana Split p. 151
- The Stolen Streets 1997-2008
- Windigo p. 157
- Adrift p. 158
- End of a Friendship p. 165
- Rou Garous p. 167
- Never the Same p. 169
- A Gust of Molecules p. 174
- Suburban Wastelands p. 178
- Family Wedding p. 181
- Crack p. 187
- Canadian Streets Greasy with Indigenous Fat p. 189
- Caught Up p. 190
- Rat p. 201
- A Bottle Full of Pills p. 216
- Smitten p. 221
- The King of Somalia p. 226
- Life at Gunpoint p. 228
- We All Fall Down p. 230
- Western Door p. 237
- Cast of Horrors p. 241
- Indestructible Pink Dress p. 247
- Solitary Confinement p. 252
- Sharing the Love p. 253
- Bibles Behind Bars p. 257
- Audrey p. 262
- Dynamite p. 266
- Push-ups p. 271
- Inception p. 274
- The Messenger p. 276
- Steak Knife p. 278
- Random Dude p. 280
- The Process p. 283
- The Meaning Is Gone p. 285
- Salvation and the Soup Kitchen Lady p. 288
- Reconciliation 2008-2017
- Fighting the Darkness p. 293
- Dawn of the Bronze Age p. 295
- Running on Glass p. 298
- At Last p. 301
- A Plain Piece of Paper p. 304
- A Push p. 306
- The Cleanest Bachelor in the World p. 309
- The Other Half of the Solution p. 312
- Bravery p. 315
- Follow Your Dreams p. 318
- The Fines Are Fine p. 322
- Finding the Courage to Stand p. 323
- Indian Turned Métis p. 325
- In the Custom of the Country p. 331
- Amends p. 334
- Sixteen Letters p. 335
- 57 Years of Love p. 338
- When Walking Is a Prayer p. 340.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thistle, Jesse. From the ashes.
- ISBN:
- 9781982101213
- 1982101210
- OCLC:
- 1084731118
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