{"product_id":"the-fire-still-burns-9780774880855","title":"The Fire Still Burns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fire Still Burns\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of survival and redemption through which Squamish Elder Sam George recounts his residential school experience and how it led to a life of addiction, violence, and imprisonment until he found the courage to face his past and begin healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinchingly honest…\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mina Kerr-Lazenby * North Shore News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce in a blue moon…I’m faced with a story that creeps into my bones and will not let me forget it. Like Sam George’s recently released memoir…I could not put Sam’s book down…I did not eat, sleep or shower: I read it cover to cover in one day\u003c\/p\u003e -- Linda Pfeil * The Beacon *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a harrowing tale that adds to the growing record of the horrific legacy of residential schools in Canada. George’s personal story culminates with the lessons he learned for rebuilding his life after the mountain of trauma he suffered: by embracing his traditional culture–the very ways the nuns had tried to beat out of him.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Graham Chandler * BC Book World *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge is unsparing in his accounts of the years lost to drugs and alcohol, and the damage he did to people close to him. But he is also able to tell the story of how reconnecting with his Indigenous roots and culture helped him heal and become a loving, contributing elder in his community…Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tom Sandborn * The Vancouver Sun *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \/ \u003cem\u003eSam George\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Your Name Is T'seatsultux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 In Them Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Our Lives Signed Away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Strap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 A Girl Named Pearl, a Boy Named Charlie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Runaway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 I Tried to Be Invisible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Finding Ways to Feel Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 On Our Own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Oakalla\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Haney Correctional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Longshoreman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Misery Loves Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Drowning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Tsow-Tun Le Lum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 I’m Still Here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: On Co-Writing Sam George’s Memoir \/ \u003cem\u003eJill Yonit Goldberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReader’s Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404953821527,"sku":"9780774880855","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774880855.jpg?v=1730488178","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fire-still-burns-9780774880855","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}