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"A fascinating read...I loved the revelations of a child taken away from the love of his family and put out to where his spirit was lost...Wagamese's book is about healing the lost soul"
-Tantoo Cardinal
-Tantoo Cardinal
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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, Garnet is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway -- both ancient and modern -- by Keeper, a friend of his grandfather, and last fount of history about his people's ways.
By turns funny, poignant and mystical, Keeper'n Me reflects a positive view of Native life and philosophy -- as well as casting fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.
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, Garnet is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway -- both ancient and modern -- by Keeper, a friend of his grandfather, and last fount of history about his people's ways.
By turns funny, poignant and mystical, Keeper'n Me reflects a positive view of Native life and philosophy -- as well as casting fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Read This Before You Pick Up the Book!,
By Wahsontiio (Kahnawake, Quebec) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Keeper'n Me (Paperback)
I had to read Keeper 'n Me by Richard Wagamese for a North American Literature class at school, and I would have to say it wasn't the best book I ever read. It was humorous at parts, the way the main character, Garnet Raven, tries to get through his life searching for who he is and finally finding himself at twenty-five. What I didn't like about this book was that it was kind of slow moving, and not really the type of book I would usually read. But what I did like about it was the relaxed style in which it was written; it is almost as if the book is talking to you. The story also deals with a great issue in which all of us must face: finding out who we are. Some of us are searching for years to find out who we are, just like Garnet. I can also relate to the spirituality and contact with nature which is part of Garnet's culture, because I am a Mohawk and had knowledge of this sort of culture since I was a little kid. Altogether this book was alright, and my likes outweighed my dislikes, so I give this book 3 stars.
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This review is from: Keeper'n Me (Paperback)
I received this book in record time and am using it for tutoring students. It is recommended reading, and although I cannot disparage Golding or Huxley or the usual mandatory authors, Keeper 'n Me is such a surprise. Written in the vernacular, it gives those of us from European, African, or Asian descent a vision of modern life for First Nations in Canada. For second language learners. They can discern between written and spoken English by the actual dialogue in the book, which drives home the point that we have written English and spoken English. Both are vastly different.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Assigned for class, now one of my favourites,
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This review is from: Keeper'n Me (Paperback)
A novel which tells the story of a man's relationship to his family, to his culture, and to nature. This was assigned to me as part of a Native Literature course and in many ways I felt as if Garnet's journey in a way mirrored by own struggle to grasp many of the concepts associated with Native philosophies and cultural happenings.The writing style, as mentioned in previous reviews, is almost completely phonetic so that Wagamese is not subscribing to traditional modern novel aesthetics but writing in a way more closely related to orature, that is a mode made much more familiar to him by the character in this store, Keeper. Like Keeper, he constantly weaves humour into his storytelling, drawing his audience closer and closer in the process. He also explores many Native Canadian issues (albeit briefly) and is able to communicate thoughts behind them effectively and respectively. While at times difficult to fully understand the meaning behind all of the subtle actions found in the novel, it is fully worth the time and effort to mine this novel to completion.
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