Perdita Felicien s mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness. However, she still encouraged and supported her youngest daughter s athletic dreams. Felicien would go on to be a world-class hurdler and one of Canada s greatest track athletes.
My Mother s Daughter is the story of these two women, and how their love for each other got them through difficult times and changed their lives.
Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff
Since her days as a columnist for
The Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein has written eight
New York Times bestselling books and co-authored Canada’s Leap Manifesto, a blueprint for transitioning off fossil fuels. For
How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (Puffin Canada), her first book for young readers, she teamed up with Rebecca Stefoff, the author of more than 200 nonfiction books, including a young readers edition of Charles Darwin’s
On the Origin of Species. Klein and Stefoff spoke with
Q&Q about the project.
TORONTO An Indigenous author s children’s book has found an unexpected audience after landing on the New York Times bestsellers list. Manitoba’s Tasha Spillett-Sumner told CTV News she was stunned when she found out her book had landed a spot on the coveted list. I was so surprised to find out that our book had launched right to No. 3 on the New York Times bestsellers list, Spillett-Sumner said. Her book, I Sang You Down from the Stars, spent a week on the bestsellers list, which Spillett-Sumner said is an honour not given to many authors, let alone ones who are Indigenous, make the list.
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“I loved you before I met you. Before I held you in my arms, I sang you down from the stars.”
With these opening lines, children’s author Tasha Spillett-Sumner follows a mother-to-be who prepares for the arrival of her child by following the rites of her Indigenous heritage. She gathers sacred elements from the Earth into a bundle for her baby, and whispers the protective prayers of her ancestors. The beautiful tapestry-like illustrations in the book visualize motherhood in Cree culture.