{"product_id":"hopeless-in-hope-paperback","title":"Hopeless in Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWanda John-Kehewin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town named Hope. This is the oldest part of Hope; eventually it will all be torn down and rebuilt into perfect homes for perfect people. Until then, we live here: imperfect people on an imperfect street that everyone forgets about.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Eva Brown, life feels lonely and small. Her mother, Shirley, drinks and yells all the time. She's the target of the popular mean girl, and her only friend doesn't want to talk to her anymore. All of it would be unbearable if it weren't for her cat, Toofie, her beloved nohkum, and her writing, which no one will ever see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nohkum is hospitalized, Shirley struggles to keep things together for Eva and her younger brother, Marcus. After Marcus is found wandering the neighbourhood alone, he is sent to live with a foster family, and Eva finds herself in a group home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurious at her mother, Eva struggles to adjust--and being reunited with her family seems less and less likely. During a visit to the hospital, Nohkum gives Eva Shirley's diary. Will the truths it holds help Eva understand her mother?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartbreaking and humorous, \u003ci\u003eHopeless in Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling story of family and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWanda John-Kehewin\u003c\/b\u003e (she, her, hers) is a Cree writer who uses her work to understand and respond to the near destruction of First Nations cultures, languages, and traditions. When she first arrived in Vancouver on a Greyhound bus, she was a nineteen-year-old carrying her first child, a bag of chips, a bottle of pop, thirty dollars, and a bit of hope. After many years of travelling (well, mostly stumbling) along her healing journey, she shares her personal life experiences with others to shed light on the effects of trauma and how to break free from the \"monkeys in the brain.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Now a published poet, fiction author, and film scriptwriter, she writes to stand in her truth and to share that truth openly. She is the author of the Dreams series of graphic novels. \u003ci\u003eHopeless in Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel for young adults. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Wanda is the mother of five children, two dogs, two cats, three tiger barbs (fish), and grandmother to one super-cute granddog. She calls Coquitlam home until the summertime, when she treks to the Alberta prairies to visit family and learn more about herself and Cree culture, as well as to continuously think and write about what it means to be Indigenous in today's times. How do we heal from a place of forgiveness? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003enicole marie burton\u003c\/b\u003e (she, they) is a comics artist and children's book illustrator living on unceded Algonquin land. Born in the US and now based in Ontario, she is a founding member of the Ad Astra Comix publishing collective. nicole's work focuses on comics with social justice themes, including topics from Canadian history to the science of climate change. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Beast: Making a Living on a Dying Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Walked Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, and a chapter in the anthology \u003ci\u003eDrawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.11 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764596179232,"sku":"9781774920831","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc4638ee674ec51d0f2dee437edf2805.webp?v=1780253091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hopeless-in-hope-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}