Our Voice of Fire
A Memoir of a Warrior Rising
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Publisher Description
Winner, 2024 Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award
Winner, 2023 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
Finalist, 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.
Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence. From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an internationally acclaimed journalist, Our Voice of Fire chronicles Morin’s journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The full weight of an Indigenous woman’s plight, past and present, can be felt in every word of Brandi Morin’s extraordinary memoir. The Canadian journalist, who is of French, Cree, and Iroquois descent, bounced between institutions and foster homes as a child, and she struggled with the aftermath of that trauma for much of her troubled adulthood. Sexual assault, substance abuse, and indifference from government agencies all recurred so frequently in Morin’s life that hopelessness seemed inevitable. But Morin’s writing and activism—especially her work seeking justice for murdered Indigenous women and victims of Canada’s residential schools—yanked her out of despair. Morin’s memoir is a deeply important reminder of a shameful past that also expresses hope for a brighter future.
