{"product_id":"approaching-fire-michelle-porter-9781550818536","title":"Approaching Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***IPPY AWARDS: BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION: CANADA-WEST - SILVER***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***INDIGENOUS VOICES AWARDS 2021, PUBLISHED PROSE IN ENGLISH: CREATIVE NON-FICTION AND LIFE-WRITING: FINALIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES READ AWARDS 2021\/22: LONGLIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, REGIONAL (NON-FICTION): FINALIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***THE \u003cem\u003eMIRAMICHI READER\u003c\/em\u003e'S 2020 MOST PROMISING AUTHOR AWARD***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***BMO WINTERSET AWARD 2020 LONGLIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eApproaching Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, Michelle Porter embarks on a quest to find her great-grandfather, the Métis fiddler and performer Léon Robert Goulet. Through musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs, and the ecology of fire, Porter invests biography with the power of reflective ingenuity, creating a portrait which expands beyond documentation into a private realm where truth meets metaphor. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeaving through multiple genres and traditions, \u003cem\u003eApproaching Fire \u003c\/em\u003efashions a textual documentary of rescue and insight, and a glowing contemplation of the ways in which loss can generate unbridled renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550818538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550818536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Breakwater Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Michelle Porter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046176944383,"sku":"9781550818536","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c29ee39-15e2-4631-a3ed-47f77aea8f9e.jpg?v=1684983079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaching-fire-michelle-porter-9781550818536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}