{"product_id":"a-really-good-brown-girl-brick-books-classics-4-paperback","title":"A Really Good Brown Girl: Brick Books Classics 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Dumont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLee Maracle\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeluxe redesign of the Gerald Lampert Award?winning classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the fourth of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This edition of \u003ci\u003eA Really Good Brown Girl\u003c\/i\u003e features a new Introduction by Lee Maracle, a new Afterword by the author and a new cover and design by the renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1996, \u003ci\u003eA Really Good Brown Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce, honest and courageous account of what it takes to grow into one's self and one's Métis heritage in the face of myriad institutional and cultural obstacles. It is an indispensable contribution to Canadian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am looking at a school picture, grade five, I am smiling easily ? I look poised, settled, like I belong. I won an award that year for most improved student. I learned to follow really well.\u003c\/i\u003e - from \"Memoirs of a Really Good Brown Girl\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"No other book so exonerates us, elevates us and at the same time indicts Canada in language so eloquent it almost hurts to hear it.\" - Lee Maracle, from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in northeastern Alberta, \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Dumont\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four collections of poems. Her most recent collection is \u003ci\u003eThe Pemmican Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e (ECW, 2015). Her work has been awarded numerous prizes and is a staple on course lists in both Canada and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770234667296,"sku":"9781771313452","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b646f324adc0aba9cdfb021a77ed7a9e.webp?v=1780367483","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-really-good-brown-girl-brick-books-classics-4-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}