{"product_id":"soft-as-bones-chyana-marie-sage-9781487013028","title":"Soft as Bones: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her deeply affecting memoir, \u003cem\u003eSoft as Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, Chyana Marie Sage shares the pain of growing up with her father: a crack dealer who went to prison for molesting her older sister. She details the shame and guilt she carried for years after her family's trauma as she went from one dysfunctional relationship to another, from one illegal drug to another. In revisiting her family's history and weaving in the perspectives of her mother and sisters, Chyana examines the legacy of generational abuse, which began with her father's father, who was forcibly removed from his family by the residential schools and Sixties Scoops programs. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet hers is also a story of hope, as it was the traditions of her people that saved her life. In candid, incisive, and delicate prose, Chyana braids personal narrative with Cree stories and ceremonies, all as a means of healing one small piece of the mosaic that makes up the dark past of colonialism shared by Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chyana Marie Sage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487013027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487013028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Chyana Marie Sage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545855774975,"sku":"9781487013028","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4a0de97-c32d-426a-8ef7-576840e4072d.jpg?v=1738183522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soft-as-bones-chyana-marie-sage-9781487013028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}