{"product_id":"returning-home-lillian-sam-9781039198432","title":"Returning Home","description":"A journey to strength, a journey towards reconciliation, a journey to the land: from residential school to Dakelh Elder, Returning Home is Lillian Sam's life story. Born in the late 1930s near Fort St. James, British Columbia, Lillian attended Lejac Indian Residential School, where, like so many others, she endured harsh treatment, isolation, and attempts to take away her identity. Returning home to her community of Nak'azdli Whut'en, she embraced her keyoh (traditional territory\/trapline) and the language and traditions of her people, the Carrier people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLillian's memoir is told through stories, poems, and photographs. It is an important record of a First Nations community, past and present, preserving memories for future generations so that they will never be forgotten. Beyond this, it tells of Lillian's personal journey through marriage, motherhood, and intergenerational trauma-as well as the sustaining faith and love that have made her a force in her community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am learning . . . see? My ancestors I am learning\u003cbr\u003eI grasp at new surroundings\u003cbr\u003eI learned to walk on new land\u003cbr\u003eSee? I am learning\u003cbr\u003eI feel the changes from the time \u003cbr\u003eOf my youth \u003cbr\u003eI see between darkness and light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian Sam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1039198430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781039198432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Lillian Sam","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48484195729663,"sku":"9781039198432","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dee4dccb-c726-4347-8e4b-67142731ece5.jpg?v=1778043031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/returning-home-lillian-sam-9781039198432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}