Dead Girls
8 best books like Dead Girls (Nancy Lee): Indian Horse, The Sun and Her Flowers, Free as a Bird, Bone, That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, Nejma, Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
| Author | Richard Wagamese |
| ISBN | 1553654021 |
Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he’s a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he’s sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he’ll find it only through telling his...
| Author | Rupi Kaur |
| ISBN | 1449486797 |
From Rupi Kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.
Divided...
| Author | Gina McMurchy-Barber |
| ISBN | 1554884470 |
Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "retard" and "moron." When Ruby Jean's caregiver and loving grandmother dies, her mother takes her to Woodlands...
From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of autobiographical poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark.
The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence--so...
| Author | Lori Shenher |
| ISBN | 1771640936 |
An ex-police detective’s searing personal account of sexism, racism, and mishandling in the investigation of missing and murdered women.
In That Lonely Section of Hell, police detective Lori Shenher describes her role in Vancouver’s infamous Missing and Murdered Women Investigation...
| Author | J.J. Lee |
| ISBN | 0771046472 |
Taking as its starting point a son's decision to alter his late father's last remaining suit for himself, this is a deeply moving and brilliantly crafted story of fathers and sons, of fitting in and standing out -- and discovering what it means to be your own man.
For years, journalist and amateur...
| Author | Nayyirah Waheed |
| ISBN | 1494493322 |
Nayyirah Waheed is brilliant, as always. Before I recommend this book, I would like to point out that her work is intended for POC (people of color). She has been subjected to quite a bit of appropriation lately, and whitewashing her words to fit a broader context is unacceptable. She is okay with non-POCs...
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
| Author | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson |
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation.
Found on reserves, in cities and small towns,...
