Good was in her mid-60s when she wrote her first novel, but her poem, “Defying Gravity,” was published in Best Canadian Poetry 2016. It also received multiple awards, including prizes for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and an Amazon First Novel Award. The book quickly became a bestseller and was named Best Book of the Year by Apple, Kobo, and Indigo. She later pursued a master of fine arts degree that resulted in a thesis that became the basis for her novel. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward.The author of Five Little Indians spent many years as a lawyer advocating for the rights of survivors of the residential schools.
After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can’t stop running and moves restlessly from job to job-through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps-trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome-or at least forget-the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission.įuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.Īlone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them.
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