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A review by novelesque_life
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir by Joseph Auguste Merasty
3.0
RATING: 3 STARS
(I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY in exchange for an honest review.)
(Not On Blog)
I picked this book up at the library as I have always been interested in knowing more about Aboriginal culture. Growing up in Canada, we did hear about Residential schools and the horrors behind it. It was not long in the history that this happened, and like other race and cultural atrocities it seems unimaginable that this is reality. This is a really short book, and that was one of the reasons I did not give this book a higher rating. I felt like you got a snippet of a story and are longing to know more context. It feels like a found diary.
What worked for me was that it was told by a survivor and that it is such an important story to share. You can't put a rating on an experience, but despite this being a short book, the impact is vast. It is not an easy read...and that is a great thing as it does make you uncomfortable in a good way. You should be upset over what Augie and his peers went through.
(I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY in exchange for an honest review.)
(Not On Blog)
I picked this book up at the library as I have always been interested in knowing more about Aboriginal culture. Growing up in Canada, we did hear about Residential schools and the horrors behind it. It was not long in the history that this happened, and like other race and cultural atrocities it seems unimaginable that this is reality. This is a really short book, and that was one of the reasons I did not give this book a higher rating. I felt like you got a snippet of a story and are longing to know more context. It feels like a found diary.
What worked for me was that it was told by a survivor and that it is such an important story to share. You can't put a rating on an experience, but despite this being a short book, the impact is vast. It is not an easy read...and that is a great thing as it does make you uncomfortable in a good way. You should be upset over what Augie and his peers went through.