Going Back Home

Written by a Mohawk Institute residential school survivor, Going Back Home is a gripping and truthful portrayal of the Canadian residential school system’s atrocities. It is a compelling and candid story that reveals the heartbreaking trauma of this tragic time in our country’s history. In this book, the author describes how the ongoing impact of the residential schools’ confinements has affected Indigenous communities over several generations and has contributed to many physical, mental and social problems that continue to exist today. By exploring this devastating history, Marie Hess finds and celebrates the resilient and hopeful spirit that many residential school survivors, like herself, have managed to retain in the face of horror and torment. Going Back Home is an important story that allows readers to understand the true modern history of this land and to honour the people who have survived it.