Blood Memory: Mothers, Mohawks and My Search for the Truth

The story of a mother and son who reconcile after a lifetime of separation, only to find themselves facing separation once again.

When Tom Wilson was fifty-three years old, he learned he was not who he thought he was. He discovered he'd been a victim of Canada's "sixties scoop"—a tragic period in Canadian history when Indigenous children were snatched from their parents and placed into foster care. What's more, the woman he knew as "Cousin Janie," who had popped in and out of Tom's life sinc...