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Learn more*Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction
*Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards
*Winner, High Plains Book Awards
*Finalist, CBC Canada Reads
*A Globe and Mail Book of the Year
*An Indigo Book of the Year
*A CBC Best Canadian Nonfiction Book of the Year
In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.
If I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead.
From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a MĆ©tis-Cree man who refused to give up.
Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesseās drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. Finally, he realized he would die unless he turned his life around.
In this heartwarming and heart-wrenching memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful past, the abuse he endured, and how he uncovered the truth about his parents. Through sheer perseverance and educationāand newfound loveāhe found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family.
An eloquent exploration of the impact of prejudice and racism, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help us find happiness despite the odds.
Jesse Thistle isĀ MĆ©tis-Cree, from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and an assistant professor in HumanitiesĀ at York University in Toronto.Ā From the AshesĀ was the top-selling Canadian book in 2020, the winner of theĀ KoboĀ Emerging Writer Prize forĀ Nonfiction, Indigenous Voices Award, and High Plains Book Award, and also a finalist for CBC Canada Reads. Jesse won a GovernorĀ GeneralāsĀ Academic Medal in 2016, and is a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Scholar and aĀ VanierĀ Scholar. A frequent keynote speaker, he lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife, Lucie, and is at work on multiple projects, including his next book. Visit him atĀ JesseThistle.com.
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Jesse Thistle isĀ MĆ©tis-Cree, from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and an assistant professor in HumanitiesĀ at York University in Toronto.Ā From the AshesĀ was the top-selling Canadian book in 2020, the winner of theĀ KoboĀ Emerging Writer Prize forĀ Nonfiction, Indigenous Voices Award, and High Plains Book Award, and also a finalist for CBC Canada Reads. Jesse won a GovernorĀ GeneralāsĀ Academic Medal in 2016, and is a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Scholar and aĀ VanierĀ Scholar. A frequent keynote speaker, he lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife, Lucie, and is at work on multiple projects, including his next book. Visit him atĀ JesseThistle.com.
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