They Called Me Number One

This must've been a very difficult book to write. Bev Sellars writes about her experience in a residential school in Canada and the effect it had on her family and others she knows. It wasn't an easy read, as it's hard to read about those who profess to be Christians treating those in their charge in such a mean and unconscionable way.

I had the opportunity to talk to Bev Sellars, when she was the writer-in-residence at Haig Brown House in Campbell River this past year. We talked briefly, but I also heard her speak at the Words on the Water Writers' Festival in Campbell River and her generosity of spirit was obvious as she encouraged others to overcome their fears of writing their tales. I look forward to reading more of her works.