{"product_id":"totem-simon-pearce-9798268301496","title":"Totem","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Scottish museum curator Geddes Simpson receives a polite but pointed letter from a Canadian activist requesting the return of a five-thousand-year-old totem pole, he assumes it's a misunderstanding. After all, the Mackenzie Totem has stood in Stornoway for over two centuries - a symbol of exploration, not exploitation. But as the political winds shift and the Canada Together movement gains traction, Geddes is swept into a transatlantic tug-of-war over history, heritage, and who gets to tell the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the windswept Hebrides to the powwows of Ontario, \u003ci\u003eTotem\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply observed, darkly comic exploration of cultural identity, colonial legacy, and the absurdities of bureaucracy. As Geddes navigates schoolchildren, seagulls, fire alarms, and flirtations, he must confront uncomfortable truths - about the totem, about the past, and about what it really means to do the right thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Pearce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798268301496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Simon Pearce","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997209342207,"sku":"9798268301496","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/totem-simon-pearce-9798268301496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}