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This was a fun, fast paced, funny story of a woman who takes up running, finds herself, and defeats a supernatural dream-woman ghost monster. It was one of the very first books I put on my Litsy TBR (it took a LOT of scrolling to get there!), and I'm glad #Booked2020 inspired me to pick it up!

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Heaps of humour, a monster based on #Indigenous folklore, gender issues, great characters, and the gritty realism of contemporary life on a reserve in Saskatchewan: this novel has all kinds of good stuff going for it. I enjoyed it very much. #CanadianAuthor #NativeBooks #OwnVoices

Then both men looked at her. Rose figured they expected her to morph into Hannibal from The A-Team and start laying out a plan for them. Then they‘d start building guns out of twine and an old rubber tire, all while exchanging wisecracks.

The cover art is by Aaron Paquette, an artist, author, and also an elected city councillor in Edmonton. Eye catching, even as a tiny ebook image on my phone. #nativebooks #Indigenousauthors

There‘s a supernatural element to this novel, and there‘s comedy—and there‘s also the sad realism of life on a First Nations reserve. #ownvoices

“It‘s funny how you forget all the bad stuff you do to other people and then remember all the bad stuff that people do to you and carry it around like an ugly purse.”

“I hear it‘s always good to have them in pairs. So they can look out for each other.”
“If either of them knew how to hire Russian assassins, I‘d only have one child.”

Monty had made some noise about Jack for a boy and Cindy for a girl but Winter had already eliminated him from the baby-naming process.
“You get to choose when you can give birth to something the size of a watermelon,” she told him. He complained that it was unfair and she promised him choice of second name but only if it wasn‘t stupid, like Tiger or Maximus.

Another fabulous funny book by Dawn Dumont, this one with a magical realist twist. At first the supernatural turn at the end where Dream Woman comes to possess the women of the reserve seemed abrupt, until I looked back & saw the signs all along. Above all it's a story about a mother in her mid thirties in a moving but hilarious struggle to re-invent herself after her dirtbag husband leaves her & she loses her job. #NativeReads #LitsyAtoZ #LetterR

"Rose thought about a few thousand things she could say to Sarah -- thank you for being here, thank you for listening to me, I'm sorry, I wish I was your age again because your skin looks amazing, I love you, your dad is awful, I hope I haven't screwed you up in any permanent way because all I've ever wanted is the best for you, I wish I knew how to be the kind of mother you need, please, please don't leave me...
Rose settled for 'Good coffee.' "