First-person narrative from Niska, a Cree woman and healer, provides authentic Indigenous voice and perspective
Dual timelines and perspectives of Xavier, a Cree youth, and Elijah, a European soldier, offer a layered exploration of war
Impeccable research and immersive historical detail enhance the reader's understanding of the era
Beautifully written prose delivers emotional depth and thematic resonance
Inspired by the legend of Francis Pegahmagabow, blending tradition with historical fiction
Summarized by Shop
Set in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium, Three-Day Road is a mesmerizing novel told through the eyes of Niska—a Canadian Oji-Cree woman living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners—and her nephew Xavier.
At the urging of his friend Elijah, a Cree boy raised in reserve schools, Xavier joins the war
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