Review of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way, by Jesse Thistle, 2019. New York: Atria Books. Paper, 349 pages.
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Jesse Thistle and his two brothers have a difficult start, with a mother who gives them up to his father, a drug addict who does not feed or protect the boys. Jesse is the one who suffers the most. He tells his life story in this thorough account of growing up, being abandoned, enduring years of loss and sadness, using drugs and alcohol, almost getting killed, almost dying, and at the very end of the book finally waking up and taking control of his life.
Review of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way, by Jesse Thistle, 2019. New York: Atria Books. Paper, 349 pages.
Review of From the Ashes: My Story of Being…
Review of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way, by Jesse Thistle, 2019. New York: Atria Books. Paper, 349 pages.
Jesse Thistle and his two brothers have a difficult start, with a mother who gives them up to his father, a drug addict who does not feed or protect the boys. Jesse is the one who suffers the most. He tells his life story in this thorough account of growing up, being abandoned, enduring years of loss and sadness, using drugs and alcohol, almost getting killed, almost dying, and at the very end of the book finally waking up and taking control of his life.