{"product_id":"for-joshua-by-richard-wagamese","title":"For Joshua by Richard Wagamese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe heartfelt memoir from one of Canada's most beloved writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStaring the modern world in the eye, Richard Wagamese confronts its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, looking for roots without understanding what constitutes home, searching for acceptance without extending reciprocal respect, and longing for love without knowing how to offer it.\u003cbr\u003eHe sees this because he lived it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Joshua Wagamese's love letter to his estranged son. Ojibway tradition calls for fathers to walk their children through the world and teach them their place in it. To teach them they belong. In this intimate memoir, Wagamese describes his own tumultuous journey-though childhood trauma, racism, and substance abuse-and his fight to emerge stronger. His road to self-knowledge has been long and treacherous, but this has furnished him, if not with a complete set of answers, then at least with a profound understanding of the questions. Hoping to impart his newfound understanding of the world onto his beloved son, Wagamese shares his search for happiness and the choices he has made to open himself up to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRichard Wagamese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation, was one of Canada’s foremost writers. His bestselling novels include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which earned an array of awards and was made into a feature film. He was also the author of highly praised memoirs and personal reflections, such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmbers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Story, One Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Wagamese’s work was recognized with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award and the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Matt Cohen Award. He died in 2017 in Kamloops, BC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore Extensive Bio:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wagamese\u003c\/b\u003e (October 14, 1955 – March 10, 2017) was an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ojibwe\" title=\"Ojibwe\"\u003eOjibwe\u003c\/a\u003e Canadian author and journalist from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wabaseemoong_Independent_Nations\" title=\"Wabaseemoong Independent Nations\"\u003eWabaseemoong Independent Nations\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwestern_Ontario\" title=\"Northwestern Ontario\"\u003eNorthwestern Ontario\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-darkride-2\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[2]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e He was best known for his novel \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Horse\" title=\"Indian Horse\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2012), which won the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burt_Award_for_First_Nations,_M%C3%A9tis_and_Inuit_Literature\" title=\"Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature\"\u003eBurt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature\u003c\/a\u003e in 2013, and was a competing title in the 2013 edition of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada_Reads\" title=\"Canada Reads\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanada Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-3\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[3]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt was adapted into a feature-length film, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Horse_(film)\" title=\"Indian Horse (film)\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2017), directed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Campanelli\" title=\"Stephen Campanelli\"\u003eStephen Campanelli\u003c\/a\u003e and released after Wagamese's death.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-gstraight-4\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[4]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the essay \"The Path to Healing\", Wagamese described his first home as a tent hung from a spruce bough.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-GM-1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e His family fished, hunted, and trapped. At the age of two, he and his three siblings were abandoned by adults on a binge drinking trip in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenora\" title=\"Kenora\"\u003eKenora\u003c\/a\u003e. The children left their bush camp when they ran out of food and firewood, and sheltered at a railway depot, where they were found by a policeman.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-LRC-5\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWagamese later described his family by saying \"each of the adults had suffered in an institution that tried to scrape the Indian out of their insides, and they came back to the bush raw, sore and aching.\"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-GM-1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e His parents, Marjorie Wagamese and Stanley Raven, had been among the many native children who, under Canadian law, were removed from their families and forced to attend government-run \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system\" title=\"Canadian Indian residential school system\"\u003eresidential schools\u003c\/a\u003e, the primary purpose of which was to assimilate them to European-Canadian culture.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-6\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[6]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter being taken from his family by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children%27s_Aid_Society_(Canada)\" title=\"Children's Aid Society (Canada)\"\u003eChildren's Aid Society\u003c\/a\u003e, Wagamese was raised in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foster_care\" title=\"Foster care\"\u003efoster homes\u003c\/a\u003e in northwestern Ontario before being adopted, at age nine, by a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presbyterian\" title=\"Presbyterian\"\u003ePresbyterian\u003c\/a\u003e family in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Catharines\" title=\"St. Catharines\"\u003eSt. Catharines\u003c\/a\u003e. They refused to allow him to maintain contact with his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Nations_in_Canada\" title=\"First Nations in Canada\"\u003eFirst Nations\u003c\/a\u003e heritage and identity.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-7\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[7]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-GM-1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e The beatings and abuse he endured in foster care and his adoptive home led him to leave at 16,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-LRC-5\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e seeking to reconnect with Indigenous culture.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-8\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[8]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e For a time he lived on the street, abusing drugs and alcohol, and was imprisoned several times.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:0-9\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[9]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e During this time he also began frequenting public libraries, at first for shelter and later to read.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWagamese did not reunite with his family until age 23. After he recounted his experiences to them, an elder gave him the name \u003ci\u003eMushkotay Beezheekee Anakwat\u003c\/i\u003e – Buffalo Cloud – and told him that his role was to tell stories.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-GM-1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn his later life, Wagamese lived near \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kamloops\" title=\"Kamloops\"\u003eKamloops\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Columbia\" title=\"British Columbia\"\u003eBritish Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-death-11\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[11]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the city's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thompson_Rivers_University\" title=\"Thompson Rivers University\"\u003eThompson Rivers University\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:1-12\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[12]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe was married and divorced three times, and had two sons named Jason and Joshua, one of whom was estranged.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-GM-1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e On March 10, 2017, two days after \u003ci\u003eEmbers: One Ojibway's Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a BC Book Award, Wagamese died at his home in Kamloops of natural causes.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-death-11\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[11]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e He was engaged at the time of his death.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e The film adaptation of his best-known novel, \u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, was released later that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCareer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI did not speak my first Ojibwa word or set foot on my traditional territory until I was twenty-six. I did not know that I had a family, a history, a culture, a source for spirituality, a cosmology, or a traditional way of living. I had no awareness that I belonged somewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Wagamese,\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-LRC-5\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1979 Wagamese began his first job as a writer, working at \u003ci\u003eNew Breed\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Nations_in_Canada\" title=\"First Nations in Canada\"\u003eFirst Nations\u003c\/a\u003e publication.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e With the encouragement of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorna_Crozier\" title=\"Lorna Crozier\"\u003eLorna Crozier\u003c\/a\u003e among others, he later worked as a journalist for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calgary_Herald\" title=\"Calgary Herald\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalgary Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:1-12\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[12]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Wagamese spent much of his time as a journalist interviewing residential school survivors.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-13\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[13]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e He won a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Newspaper_Awards\" title=\"National Newspaper Awards\"\u003eNational Newspaper Award\u003c\/a\u003e for writing in 1991.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-14\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[14]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e His journalism also won the Native American Press Association Award twice and the National Aboriginal Communications Society award. His newspaper columns can be found in his anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:0-9\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[9]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Wagamese stopped working full-time in journalism in 1993 but continued to write as a freelance journalist for publications such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Globe_and_Mail\" title=\"The Globe and Mail\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis debut novel \u003ci\u003eKeeper 'n Me\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1994.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-15\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[15]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e The book was co-winner with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberta_Rees\" title=\"Roberta Rees\"\u003eRoberta Rees\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Faceless Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e of the Georges Bugnet Award for Novel at the 1995 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Writers_Guild_of_Alberta\" title=\"Writers Guild of Alberta\"\u003eWriters' Guild of Alberta\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alberta_Literary_Awards\" title=\"Alberta Literary Awards\"\u003eAlberta Literary Awards\u003c\/a\u003e gala.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-16\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[16]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe published five other novels, a book of poetry, two children's books, and five non-fiction books, including two memoirs.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-death-11\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[11]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e He also wrote for the television series \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_of_60\" title=\"North of 60\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth of 60\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-LRC-5\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Throughout his writing life, Wagamese was renowned for his riveting live readings, consisting of passages from his works, traditional stories, anecdotes, and even stand-up comedy.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:2-10\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[10]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Wagamese is known as one of Canada's most prolific Indigenous authors.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-17\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[17]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2012 he was given an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indspire_Awards\" title=\"Indspire Awards\"\u003eIndspire Award\u003c\/a\u003e as a representative of media and communications.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-18\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[18]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e In 2012 he served as the Harvey Stevenson Southam Guest Lecturer in journalism at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Victoria\" title=\"University of Victoria\"\u003eUniversity of Victoria\u003c\/a\u003e. In 2013, he won the Canada Council for the Arts \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molson_Prize\" title=\"Molson Prize\"\u003eMolson Prize\u003c\/a\u003e and the inaugural \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burt_Award_for_First_Nations,_Inuit_and_M%C3%A9tis_Literature\" title=\"Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature\"\u003eBurt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature\u003c\/a\u003e for his novel \u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-:0-9\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[9]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Other awards included the Kouhi Award for outstanding contributions to the literature of Northwestern Ontario and the 2015 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Writers%27_Trust_of_Canada\" title=\"Writers' Trust of Canada\"\u003eWriters' Trust of Canada\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Cohen_Award\" title=\"Matt Cohen Award\"\u003eMatt Cohen Award\u003c\/a\u003e for his body of work.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-19\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[19]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the same year, Canada's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Channel_(Canada)\" title=\"Super Channel (Canada)\"\u003eSuper Channel\u003c\/a\u003e announced that it was funding a film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, to be directed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Campanelli\" title=\"Stephen Campanelli\"\u003eStephen Campanelli\u003c\/a\u003e and written by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dennis_Foon\" title=\"Dennis Foon\"\u003eDennis Foon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-20\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[20]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clint_Eastwood\" title=\"Clint Eastwood\"\u003eClint Eastwood\u003c\/a\u003e is one of the executive producers who contributed to the making of the film. Following Super Channel's filing for creditor protection, the film \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Horse_(film)\" title=\"Indian Horse (film)\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e premiered theatrically at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Toronto_International_Film_Festival\" title=\"2017 Toronto International Film Festival\"\u003e2017 Toronto International Film Festival\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-gstraight-4\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[4]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis final novel, \u003ci\u003eStarlight\u003c\/i\u003e, was published posthumously in 2018.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-21\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[21]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e A collection of stories and non-fiction writings, \u003ci\u003eOne Drum\u003c\/i\u003e, was published posthumously in 2019.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-22\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[22]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2022, Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films announced that Foon, Campanelli and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jules_Arita_Koostachin\" title=\"Jules Arita Koostachin\"\u003eJules Arita Koostachin\u003c\/a\u003e were working on a film adaptation of Wagamese's 2009 novel \u003ci\u003eRagged Company\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wagamese#cite_note-23\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[23]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor Joshua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] is revealing, open, and tragic. It is also a remarkably touching and well-written journey.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—The Globe and Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I hope that when Joshua does eventually read this book, he has the maturity to appreciate his father’s act of bravery, and to learn from it. For the rest of us, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor Joshua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fascinating and moving portrayal of one man’s search for his heritage, his true place in the world, and in the process, his discovery of himself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This well-written and perceptive book shows that it is possible for aboriginal people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor any person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto get back from there to here.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—Quill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graceful and reverberating. . . . A harrowing life story but also a ceremony, a gathering of traditional knowledge, and a love letter across the generations, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor Joshua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book we need, a book we can all treasure. Every page is infused with such tenderness and emotional intensity that I was shocked again and again with the thought: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the true strength and reach and burden of love.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWarren Cariou, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLake of the Prairies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An absence of identity, and the struggle to attain it, lies at the heart of this powerful autobiography, in which Wagamese lays bare a disastrous life. . . . Dark and disturbing, still [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor Joshua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] brims with emotion, touching chords of sympathy, even when empathy fails.”\u003cbr\u003e—Saskatoon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStarPhoenix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Paper-cut sharp, linear slices of a life lived in omission. . . . It’s a deep, dark path Wagamese sets out on, one he admits is an ongoing process, a circle he learns more from with each revolution.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGeorgia Straight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Real . . . honest . . . Wagamese writes his story with the spirit of a poet. In particular, the presence of Charles Bukowski can be seen coaching his prose from the sidelines as Wagamese revisits old haunts.”\u003cbr\u003e—Drew Hayden Taylor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandom House, Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0385693249\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0385693240\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e193 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.21 x 1.52 x 20.19 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yulokod Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48161875820698,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0464\/1701\/9034\/files\/ForJoshua.jpg?v=1780159446","url":"https:\/\/yulokod.ca\/products\/for-joshua-by-richard-wagamese","provider":"Yulokod Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}