The Courage to Exist in Daylight

A powerful, voice-driven story about overcoming grief, complex mother/daughter relationships, Native American issues, and modern mixed-race identity issues.

Mary-Claire is born a "half-breed" to a white father and Native American mother. As a young adult preparing for days-long burial ceremonies for her mother, she reflects on her identity issues growing up on the Rez, her volatile home life below the poverty line, how her mother's addiction escalated, and how to break the cycle.

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The Courage to Exist in Daylight

A powerful, voice-driven story about overcoming grief, complex mother/daughter relationships, Native American issues, and modern mixed-race identity issues.

Mary-Claire is born a "half-breed" to a white father and Native American mother. As a young adult preparing for days-long burial ceremonies for her mother, she reflects on her identity issues growing up on the Rez, her volatile home life below the poverty line, how her mother's addiction escalated, and how to break the cycle.

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The Courage to Exist in Daylight

The Courage to Exist in Daylight

by Tricia Renée Kucinski
The Courage to Exist in Daylight

The Courage to Exist in Daylight

by Tricia Renée Kucinski

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Overview

A powerful, voice-driven story about overcoming grief, complex mother/daughter relationships, Native American issues, and modern mixed-race identity issues.

Mary-Claire is born a "half-breed" to a white father and Native American mother. As a young adult preparing for days-long burial ceremonies for her mother, she reflects on her identity issues growing up on the Rez, her volatile home life below the poverty line, how her mother's addiction escalated, and how to break the cycle.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798218322823
Publisher: Tricia Renée Kucinski
Publication date: 11/22/2023
Pages: 234
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Tricia is an Eastern Shoshone woman from Wyoming, and currently lives in Chicago with her Sphynx cat, Peach. She studied Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago. She writes about being part-Indian, multicultural issues, Wind River, and stories of sorrow and triumph. Her writing has appeared in Story Week Reader, Word Riot, and Starlight Writers Society.
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