Noopiming : The Cure for White Ladies

Noopiming : The Cure for White Ladies

2021 • 390 pages

Ratings2

Average rating4.5

15

Poetic prose or verse novel? Some passages more poem like than others, as such, my reading comprehension ebbed and flowed. 
The formatting is unique, but it does make the narrative feel disjointed. 
If it was meant to expand my understanding, it partially succeeded. 
I think the text vacillates between not being for me (white person), and being directed at white people specifically. 
Commentary around the many negative impacts/trauma Indigenous (here specifically, Nishnaabeg) people in Canada face as a result of colonialism, racism, capitalism, pollution, is clearly evident. 
The fight to preserve fading traditions, to help and protect one another, the model of resilience was seen most clearly for me in the passages personifying the flock of geese migrating, and the raccoons remaining. 
Special shout outs to:
 -the surprisingly hilarious battle between earnest attempts at home gardening/decor and raccoons who only see spa/party accomodations
-the tree who gives backrubs ☺️

December 1, 2023Report this review