As Long as the Rivers Flow

by James Bartleman

Book Overview

From the accomplished memoirist and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario comes a first novel of incredible heart and spirit for every Canadian.

The novel follows one girl, Martha, from the Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario who is "stolen" from her family at the age of six and flown far away to residential school. She doesn't speak English but is punished for speaking her native language; most terrifying and bewildering, she is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307398757
• ISBN13: 9780307398758
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"