![]() ![]() I really don’t know what I can say here that hasn’t been covered more eloquently by other reviewers but I still felt the book deserved its own post on my blog. This is another read that’s maybe another new favourite for me, and one that again feels hard to write a review about. Jonny’s world is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages–and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life. Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of Indigenous life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams. The next seven days are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the “rez,” and his former life, to attend the funeral of his stepfather. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. “You’re gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine” is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel. ![]() It’s funny and honest and heartbreaking, and I can’t wait to own my own copy. Own Voices: Two-Spirit, Cree (Peguis First Nation)Ĭontent warnings: death, alcohol use, child abuse, bullying, homophobia, explicit sex, sex work, povertyĪnother really incredible read to share with you today. ![]()
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