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Picking Up the Pieces

by Carey Newman

Ages: 14+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

ISBN: 978-1-4598-1995-5

Keywords: Canada, Indigenous point of view, Adult victims of child abuse, Truth and Reconciliation, Native peoples

An artist with Canadian native roots creates a symbol of reconciliation in a monumental installation with objects from every residential school in Canada. Color photos.