It is a poignant and timely cautionary tale against exploiting the environment and the Indigenous community. However, hope remains as Frenchie reunites with his father (though Frenchie chooses to stay with Rose), and Miig reunites with Isaac.Īlthough the novel is a work of fiction, it parallels some of the very real consequences of colonialism, the abuse of power, and the potential for the carelessness of humanity to destroy the world. Along the way, the group flees from one place to another as they deal with loss and betrayal, even at the hands of fellow Indigenous peoples. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive. Frenchie falls in love with newcomer Rose, and the group soon becomes his surrogate family. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, (May 2018) lost: the ability to dream. Those who survived were unable to reproduce. Because of the earthquakes, rising sea levels, and constant rain, half of the population diedand the corpses made others sick. The Anishnaabe were spread out, alone, and their home was gone. The other wise elder, Minerva, has a voice so powerful that her singing results in the breakdown of a marrow extraction machine. Returning to Story, Miig says that after ten years of wars over water, world leaders came to new agreements. Miigwans, an Anishinaabe man, steps up as the leader of the group, although he is still processing the trauma of losing his husband, Isaac, to the Recruiters. Throughout the novel, context often shifts between past and present as Frenchie remembers details from his own life before joining the group, and various group members tell their own histories (“coming-to stories”) or general history of life before the disaster (“Story”).
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