The Summer of Bitter and Sweet HC Finalist for the Governor General’s

Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award (2015)

by Daniel Lockhart

as displacement and as reconnection

Apphia's daughter

and land claims court cases

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet HC Finalist for the Governor General’sJen Ferguson is Michif Mtis and white, an activist, an intersectional feminist, an auntie, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and creative writing. In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Mtis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a personand the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. Lou has