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If You Liked...Mamaskatch
You'll enjoy these Indigenous stories with themes of coming-of-age, sexual identity, and resilience.
Discussion Questions
- What parts of the book made you feel happy or nostalgic.
- Was the book hard for you to read? There were many incidents of trauma described. Was there a section that was harder for you?
- The author’s experiences are common to amongst Indigenous people. Does this memoir sound foreign to you?
- Catholicism was a common theme throughout this memoir. How did religion contribute to sexual oppression and the hiding of sexual abuse?
- In the photos, Rory’s face was the only face that was blurred. Why do you think that was?
- Rory was married an Indigenous woman. He had sexual relationships with Indigenous people. He was willing to adopt the author. Yet he was not willing to have a child with Indigenous blood. Discuss this dynamic.
- Discuss uncle Andy.
- Discuss sister Pierrette, her abuse of Helen, the girls’ assault on her and the other nuns and their escape. Did you feel this was a success for the children?