Orca Book Publishers As students at the University of British Colombia, Syliva and Lydie met a year ago when the younger woman agreed to be Lydieâs tutor. Lydieâs warmth and irrepressible charm have worked their way past all of Sylviaâs boundaries. Struggling with guilt and loss after a terrible event in her childhood, Sylvia finds in Lydie a compassion and joy for life that is irresistible. Lydie captivates everyone with her stories, believing in the power and healing that come from stories and song. Taken from her family at age twelve and put into a residential school, she has fought to hold on to the values of her culture. After years of loss, she still remembers the song her mother sang to her on the shore of Quiet Lake. Lydie is determined to pass that on to her sons, and now to Sylvia as well. Just a few weeks from graduation, in the midst of a wet Vancouver spring, Sylviaâs pain has come to the surface like worms during a rainstorm. Her relationship with Lydie has never been more important, and will lead to something transformative as she gets to know Lydieâs compelling but wounded son, Jonah. The womenâs stories intertwine with the voices of a guilt-ridden elderly priest; Lydieâs damaged sons Mitchell and Jonah; and Miriam, Sylviaâs mother who has never been able to move on from the past.
Orca Book Publishers A magical story of friendship and healing between Lydie Jim, an eighty-two-year-old native Tlingit elder from the Yukon, and Sylvia Hardy, a twenty-something university student with a tragic past.
Univ of Toronto Pr A story about female friendship, love, loss, and learning how to heal and move forward with your life.
Univ of Toronto Pr The magical story of friendship between twenty-something Sylvia Hardy and Lydie Jim, an eighty-two year old Tlingit elder from the Yukon. As students at the University of British Colombia, Syliva and Lydie met a year ago when the younger woman agreed to be Lydie's tutor. Lydie's warmth and irrepressible charm have worked their way past all of Sylvia's boundaries. Struggling with guilt and loss after a terrible event in her childhood, Sylvia finds in Lydie a compassion and joy for life that is irresistible. Lydie captivates everyone with her stories, believing in the power and healing that come from stories and song. Taken from her family at age twelve and put into a residential school, she has fought to hold on to the values of her culture. After years of loss, she still remembers the song her mother sang to her on the shore of Quiet Lake. Lydie is determined to pass that on to her sons, and now to Sylvia as well. Just a few weeks from graduation, in the midst of a wet Vancouver spring, Sylvia's pain has come to the surface like worms during a rainstorm. Her relationship with Lydie has never been more important, and will lead to something transformative as she gets to know Lydie's compelling but wounded son, Jonah. The women's stories intertwine with the voices of a guilt-ridden elderly priest; Lydie's damaged sons Mitchell and Jonah; and Miriam, Sylviaâs mother who has never been able to move on from the past.
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