![]() ![]() On the contrary, the first and penultimate chapters named “Indian Condition” remind the reader that this story’s topics are cyclical and never ending. Heart Berries is not the success story of a First Nations woman fighting mental illness and resulting victorious - a great mother, talented writer and balanced wife. ![]() The words were conjurers, and ideas were our mothers” (105). It is the story of love, and loss, but most of all it is a story about storytelling. Heart Berries is Mailhot’s debut memoir told in a cyclical narrative touching upon her experience as a writer, mother, mental health patient, and partner all informed by her identity as a First Nations Canadian living in the U.S. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot is like balloons filled with paint exploding against a white canvas - c. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (Counterpoint 2019) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |