A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Among the heavy chapters on intergenerational trauma, genocide, poverty, and racism, this chapter is a short reprieve that highlights the capacity for people with different cultural backgrounds to live well together and respect each other. Although many of the author’s experiences have only underscored the violence she and her loved ones experienced at the hands of a white, colonial Canada, her relationship with her husband stands as an example of healing in the face of said violence.