I don’t receive many of these types of emails so I’ll just chalk it up to fate! I was meant to read this book and write about it for Diversiverse!īecause what a book it is. It just so happened that Open Road sent me an email offering an e-book version of Monkey Beach for review. And always, forever present, the spirits, the ghosts, the premonitions that surround her, are a part of her life, make her who she is. One of alcohol and drugs, of bullies and gangs at school, of tragedies and lost loved ones. The narrative moves from present to past and back again, as Lisa chalks up her own (ship)wrecked life. And she begins to reflect on her life in Kitamaat, in this small Haisla Canadian Indian community that she’s grown up in with her family, relatives, friends, sasquatches and ghosts. Lisamarie, his older sister, waits for information as the search and rescue operation begins. Jimmy Hill is lost at sea, the fishing boat he was on has lost contact and things are not looking good. Just an otter lounging in the kelp bobbing in the surf and the things in the trees, which may or may not be my imagination. No sasquatches are wandering around the beach today, chased by ambitious, camera-happy boys. Some places are full of power, you can feel it, like a warmth, a tingle.
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