Thunder Through My Veins : Memories of a Metis Childhood

Summary: "Scofield recounts how he managed to regain a sense of himself by tracing connections to his family's past and to the history of his people. His is a heart-wrenching story, but it's also one of great inspiration. "I often wonder if the secrecy of Mom's life, even my own, began with the shame my grandfather carried throughout his life for being Metis," he writes. Scofield rediscovered the love of literature he first felt at his mother's side when she read to him as a child. He started writing himself; Thunder Through My Veins is his fifth book. "This is my story of survival and acceptance, of myself and my widening family," he writes. "I write it for all of you who have survived and for those of you struggling to survive."" --Amazon.ca