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"An epic take—an Iliad for the indigenous. It is the story of one First Nation woman and her geographic, emotional, and theological search for meaning in a colonial world...Terese is a world-changing talent, and I recommend this book with 100% of my soul." —Sherman Alexie, author of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries , a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father—an abusive drunk and a brilliant... Memoir

Author

Terese Marie Mailhot

Publisher

Counterpoint Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781619023345

Subjects

Memoir, Political Science, Medical

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24