"Fire Keeper's Daughter"

Our Antemeridian's Book Club will be discussing novels that feature women navigating between Native and White cultures both from a current perspective in June and during the late 1800's in August.

There are plenty of copies in regular and large print at the Library, so feel free to check one out even if you can't attend the book discussion on Thursday, June 20, at 10:30am.

Our June book is Angeline Boulley's Fire Keeper's Daughter. Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fountaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. After Daunis witnesses a murder, she's drawn into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug. Fire Keeper's Daughter is an electrifying thriller layered with a rich exploration of the modern Native experience, a reckoning of current and historical injustices, and a powerful celebration of community.

If you want to get a head start for the August discussion, Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom is a richly detailed story about an Indigenous woman caught between two cultures that was inspired by the true story of Crow Mary.