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Glass Beads : Stories by Dumont, Dawn, 1978- author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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These short stories interconnect the friendships of four First Nations people -- Everett Kaiswatim, Nellie Gordon, Julie Papequash, and Nathan (Taz) Mosquito -- as the collection evolves over two decades against the cultural, political, and historical backdrop of the 90s and early 2000s. These young people are among the first of their families to live off the reserve for most of their adult lives, and must adapt and evolve. In stories like "Stranger Danger", we watch how shy Julie, though supported by her roomies, is filled with apprehension as she goes on her first white-guy date, while years later in "Two Years Less A Day" we witness her change as her worries and vulnerability are put to the real test when she is unjustly convicted in a violent melee and must serve some jail time. "The House and Things That Can Be Taken" establishes how the move from the city both excites and intimidate reserve youth -- respectively, how a young man finds a job or a young woman becomes vulnerable in the bar scene. As well as developing her characters experientially, Dumont carefully contrasts them, as we see in the fragile and uncertain Everett and the culturally strong and independent but reckle

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Author

Dumont, Dawn, 1978- author

Publisher

Thistledown Press, Limited

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781771871280

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.76 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13