Fire Exit by Talty Morgan

Fire Exit by Talty MorganFrom the award winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty's debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture, and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another. From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. He caught brief moments of his neighbour Elizabeth's life from the day she

from children to political leaders (or indeed

Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered

sneaking home late

on Harry's eleventh birthday

The life story of Dianne O'Brien inspires

it is game over

Sometimes a book catches the spirit of the times

and his family are continuing his legacy to show how science is finally beginning to catch up with these 'old blackfella' stories

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ___ is a welcome antidote to the 'let's-all-feel-good' mindset that has infected modern society

I try to tell a simple story of the psychoanalytic dreamtime that can be understood by many using metaphors and language associated with dreaming

And that means working together

Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside