Keeper'n Me

Name: Keeper'n Me
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ISBN: 9780385662833

ISBN-10: 0385662831

ISBN-13: 9780385662833

Edition: 2006

Authors: Richard Wagamese

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When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city. Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a surprise letter from his long-forgotten native family. The sudden communication from his past spurs him to return to the reserve following his release from jail. Deciding to stay awhile, his life is changed completely as he comes to discover his sense of place, and of self. While on the reserve,…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Doubleday Canada, Limited
Publication date: 7/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He is the author of four novels, including the award-winning Dream Wheels . His autobiographical book For Joshua was published to critical acclaim, and One Native Life was selected as one of the Globe & Mail 's Top 100 Books of the Year. He lives outside Kamloops, British Columbia.