Alicia Elliott

Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. On the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she's just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her ever-charming husband Steve—a white academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture—is nothing but supportive; and they've moved into a new home in a wealthy neighbourhood...

A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression, and racism in North America from an award-winning Haudenosaunee writer. In her raw, unflinching memoir, she tells the impassioned, wrenching story of the mental health crisis within her own family and community. A searing cry. - New York Times Book Review The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated to...