{"product_id":"real-ones-paperback","title":"Real Ones - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherena Vermette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE*\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant.... healing and eye-opening.\" --Michelle Porter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to Indigenous identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune and her sister, lyn, are NDNs--real ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyn has her pottery artwork, her precocious kid, Willow, and the uncertain terrain of her midlife to keep her mind, heart and hands busy. June, a Métis Studies professor, yearns to uproot from Vancouver and move. With her loving partner, Sigh, June decides to buy a house in the last place on earth she imagined she'd end up: back home in Winnipeg with her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then into lyn and June's busy lives a bomb drops: their estranged and very white mother, Renee, is called out as a \"pretendian.\" Under the name (get this) Raven Bearclaw, Renee had topped the charts in the Canadian art world for winning awards and recognition for her Indigenous-style work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe news is quickly picked up by the media and sparks an enraged online backlash. As the sisters are pulled into the painful tangle of lies their mother has told, searing memories from their unresolved childhood trauma come rippling to the surface. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose so powerful it could strike a match, \u003ci\u003ereal ones\u003c\/i\u003e is written with the same signature wit and heart on display in \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. An energetic, probing and ultimately hopeful story, \u003ci\u003ereal ones\u003c\/i\u003e pays homage to the long-fought, hard-won battles of Michif (Métis) people to regain ownership of their identity and the right to say who is and isn't Métis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ekatherena vermette (she\/her) is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Born in Winnipeg, her Michif roots on her paternal side run deep in St. Boniface, St. Norbert, and beyond. Her maternal side is Mennonite from the Altona and Rosenfeld area (Treaty 1). Her first book, \u003ci\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (Muses' Company), won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. Her novels \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e (House of Anansi), \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers \u003c\/i\u003e(Hamish Hamilton), and \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e (Hamish Hamilton) were all national bestsellers and won multiple literary awards. Her work for children and young adults includes a picture book, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl and the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e (Theytus), and graphic novels, \u003ci\u003eA Girl Called Echo, Vol. 1\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e4\u003c\/i\u003e (Highwater)--a special omnibus edition of the series was released in Fall 2023. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and an honourary Doctor of Letters from the University of Manitoba. katherena lives with her kids--fur and human--in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266581217529,"sku":"9780735247529","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KjB6tukjiK9780735247529.webp?v=1768852100","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/real-ones-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}