Monday, April 23, 2012

Itty Bitty Book Review "The Lesser Blessed"

"The Lesser Blessed" by Richard Van Camp

We picked this up in a thrift shop free bin.  I really enjoyed reading it but a bit raw so not for everyone.  It's a story of a coming of age of a First Nation's boy and quite powerful writing in places especially for a first novel (novella really at 119 pages).  Van Camp is member of the Dogrib Nation and he did the UVic writing program and is now writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta.   Apparently the book has been made into a movie and will be released this year.