小說/散文

Firekeeper's Daughter
出版社： Faber and Faber
書林書號：
20279301
作者：
Boulley, a
定價：
405
會員價：
$344
ISBN：
9781786079060
出版年份：
2022
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
496
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【背叛或守密，如何忠於歸屬】

道妮絲一直都感到格格不入，不論是在家鄉或是附近的奧吉布瓦族特別保留地。她曾夢想過也許上了大學一切就會改變，但是家庭悲劇的發生，讓道妮絲不得不先將自己的未來擱置在旁，留下來照顧脆弱的母親。而生活唯一的美好就是遇見哥哥曲棍球隊的新成員－大帥哥傑米。

但在道妮絲變成失去理智的迷妹以前，她察覺到了這位曲棍球明星似乎有意隱瞞某事。而蛛絲馬跡在她目擊可怕的謀殺案後一一浮現，她還因此捲入了FBI對於新興致命毒品的系列調查。

道妮絲同意在化學領域與奧吉布瓦族傳統民俗藥物的知識上提供協助以利追查毒品源頭，但真相遠比她料想的複雜，揭露的不只是地底交易還有族群瘡疤。於此同時她也發現偵查方向似乎更執著於逞凶除惡，卻忽略了需要援助的弱勢受害者。

隨著謊言與死傷日益增加，道妮絲必須知道如何成為一位堅強的奧吉布瓦之女，怎麼做才能為她的社群出聲，即便可能撕裂她原本熟知的世界。


Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team.

Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.

Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims.

Now, as the deceptions—and deaths—keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go for her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.

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