While there are many moments of lightness in Lisa’s childhood, the author doesn’t shy away from portraying the many injustices and struggles experienced by indigenous people. The author captures the way children think and speak, celebrating moments of silliness and happiness that occur between siblings and childhood friends.
Lisa recollections ring incredibly true to life. As she makes her way to the place he was last seen, Lisa looks back to her childhood and teenage years. After her younger brother Jimmy goes missing during a fishing expedition, twenty-year-old Lisamarie Hill is overwhelmed by grief. Monkey Beach transports its readers to Northwest British Columbia, to Kitamaat, home to the Haisla people. Call out the name of a supernatural being, and you will have its instant and undivided attention in the same way that your lost toddler will have yours the second it calls your name.”įirst published in 2000 Monkey Beach is a deeply evocative and multilayered coming of age. This is the fundamental principle of magic everywhere.
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