{"product_id":"kukum","title":"Kukum","description":"Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award in the Translation Category\nLonglist, 2025 Dublin Literary Award\nA Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean’s great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.\nKukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live a nomadic existence, and begins to break down the barriers imposed on Indigenous women. Unfolding over the course of a century, the novel details the end of traditional ways of life for the Innu, as Almanda and her family face the loss of their land and confinement to reserves, and the enduring violence of residential schools.\nKukum intimately expresses the importance of Innu ancestral values and the need for freedom nomadic peoples feel to this day.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1487010907\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1487010907.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jean, Michel|Ouriou, Susan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499405287482,"sku":"DBV.1487010907.G","price":12.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1487010907-0.jpg?v=1783027912","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/kukum","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}