{"product_id":"becoming-a-matriarch-a-memoir-helen-knott","title":"Becoming a Matriarch A Memoir | Helen Knott","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe bestselling follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling debut, \u003ci\u003eIn My Own Moccasins\u003c\/i\u003e: When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behind, or to craft a new space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Knott’s debut memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn My Own Moccasins\u003c\/i\u003e, wowed reviewers, award juries,and readers alike with its profoundly honest and moving account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, resilience, and survival. Now, in her highly anticipated second book, Knott returns with a chronicle of grief, love, and legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving lost both her mom and grandmother in just over six months, forced to navigate the fine lines between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott realizes she must let go, not just of the women who raised her, but of the womanshe thought she was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoven into the pages are themes of mourning, sobriety through loss, and generational dreaming. \u003ci\u003eBecoming a Matriarch\u003c\/i\u003e is charted with poetic insights, sass, humour, and heart, taking the reader over the rivers and mountains of Dane Zaa territory in Northeastern British Columbia, along the cobbled streets of Antigua, Guatemala, and straight to the heart of what matriarchy truly means. This is a journey throughpain, on the way to becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContributor Bio\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHELEN KNOTT is a Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis, and mixed Euro-descent woman from Prophet River First Nations, and lives in Fort St. John, British Columbia. In 2016 Helen was one of sixteen global change makers featured by the Nobel Women's Initiative for being committed to ending gender-based violence. Helen was selected as a 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Author. Her debut memoir,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn My Own Moccasins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(University of Regina Press, 2019), was a national bestseller,longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, and won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Indigenous Peoples' Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePenguin Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImprint\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Sale:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAug 12\/24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| 5.28 x 7.98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIOGRAPHY \u0026amp; AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Native Americans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9780385697798\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Raincoast Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55698808078655,"sku":"Book97798","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/0866\/6943\/files\/R_5510a0d7-da1a-488d-88e4-4548e202ae8b.jpg?v=1790192949","url":"https:\/\/ravensongsoap.com\/products\/becoming-a-matriarch-a-memoir-helen-knott","provider":"Ravensong Soap and Candle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}