A review by lazygal
Consumption by Kevin Patterson

5.0

Takes place in the 50s-today, and is the story of an Inuit girl with (you guessed it) consumption. She's sent South for treatment, and then after five-six years returned to her family. Problem is, she no longer really belongs... but then, many no longer really "belong" because of the change from an almost nomadic existence on The Land to reliance on whites and housing/labor/niceities. Very interesting look at the tension between all that.

The ending was a bit contrived, though, and loses some of the power of the first 7/8 of the book.