Thunder Through My Veins: A Memoir
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Gregory Scofield's Thunder Through My Veins is the heartbreakingly beautiful memoir of one man's journey toward self-discovery, acceptance, and the healing power of art. Few people can justify a memoir at the age of thirty-three. Gregory Scofield is the exception, a young man who has inhabited several lives in the time most of us can manage only one. Born into a M tis family of Cree, Scottish, English and French descent but never told of his heritage, Gregory knew he was different. His father disappeared after he was born, and at five he was separated from his mother and sent to live with strangers and extended family. There began a childhood marked by constant loss, poverty, violence and self-hatred. Only his love for his sensitive but battered mother and his Aunty Georgina, a neighbor who befriended him, kept him alive.
It wasn't until he set out to search for his roots and began to chronicle his life in evocative, award-winning poetry, that he found himself released from the burdens of the past and able to draw upon the wisdom of those who went before him. Thunder Through My Veins is Gregory's traumatic, tender and hopeful story of his fight to rediscover and accept himself in the face of a heritage with diametrically opposed backgrounds.
It wasn't until he set out to search for his roots and began to chronicle his life in evocative, award-winning poetry, that he found himself released from the burdens of the past and able to draw upon the wisdom of those who went before him. Thunder Through My Veins is Gregory's traumatic, tender and hopeful story of his fight to rediscover and accept himself in the face of a heritage with diametrically opposed backgrounds.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0385692749
ISBN13:9780385692748
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:Anchor Canada
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"
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Mixed Blood
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book can break the heart, but if you have ever felt just a little bit of an outsider, you will rejoice at the author's acceptance of his past, his present and his hope for the future. Yes, it addresses that difficult in-between world of so-called "white" and "Indian", and the mystifying world of the Metis...I felt for Mr. Scofield as he wandered and wondered about the strange world of differences. It is heartening that he had guides to steer his way into accepting the role of a Northwestern Metis; I didn't have that benefit (and probably never will for the generations to come, as the U.S. will not acknowledge the Metis as a people in their own right.) The author made his own choices in a world that can be cripplingly confusing, through mental health care facilities and his struggle with his family, his sexuality, and his role in this world. It's an inspiring read, no matter what you call yourself- Indian, white, black, whatever... I "smiled out loud" at his grace in embracing his Metis culture, and his desire to help all people. We struggle, but only to accept ourselves. A beautiful book.
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