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SUMMARY:Virtual Talk with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice
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 /66689.\nhttps://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/12922518
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>To register\, visit <a href="https://libra
 ryc.org/theoceancountylibrary/66689">https://libraryc.org/theoceancountyli
 brary/66689</a></p>\n<p>You&rsquo\;re invited to a riveting conversation w
 ith bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book&nbsp\
 ;Moon of the Turning Leaves\, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestsell
 ing novel&nbsp\;Moon of the Crusted Snow.</p>\n<p>It&rsquo\;s been over a 
 decade since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppl
 ed infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy. Evan Whitesky led his
  community in remote northern Ontario off the rez and into the bush\, wher
 e they&rsquo\;ve been living off the land\, rekindling their Anishinaabe t
 raditions in total isolation from the outside world.</p>\n<p>As new genera
 tions are born\, and others come of age in the world after everything\, Ev
 an&rsquo\;s people are in some ways stronger than ever. But resources in a
 nd around their new settlement are beginning to dry up\, and the elders wa
 rn that they cannot afford to stay indefinitely.</p>\n<p>Evan and his fift
 een-year-old daughter\, Nangohns\, are elected to lead a small scouting pa
 rty on a months-long trip to their traditional home on the north shore of 
 Lake Huron&mdash\;to seek new beginnings and discover what kind of life&md
 ash\;and what dangers&mdash\;still exist in the lands to the south.</p>\n<
 p>Moon of the Turning Leaves&nbsp\;is Rice&rsquo\;s exhilarating return to
  the world first explored in the phenomenal breakout bestseller&nbsp\;Moon
  of the Crusted Snow: a brooding story of survival\, resilience\, Indigeno
 us identity\, and rebirth. Register now for a thrilling conversation!</p>\
 n<p>About the Author:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journa
 list originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His books include the Indepe
 ndent Publishers Book Award-winning short story collection&nbsp\;Midnight 
 Sweatlodge&nbsp\;and the national bestselling novel&nbsp\;Moon of the Crus
 ted Snow. Reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his journalism career\, i
 n 2014 he received the Anishinabek Nation&rsquo\;s Debwewin Citation for e
 xcellence in First Nation Storytelling\, and from 2018 to 2020\, he hosted
 &nbsp\;Up North\, CBC Radio&rsquo\;s afternoon show for northern Ontario.<
 /p>\nhttps://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/12922518
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