{"product_id":"life-in-the-city-of-dirty-water-a-memoir-of-healing","title":"Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e*FINALIST FOR 2022 CANADA READS*\u003cbr\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 J.W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZE*\u003cbr\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gritty and inspiring memoir from renowned Cree environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, who escaped the world of drugs and gang life to take up the warrior’s fight against the assault on Indigenous peoples’ lands—and eventually the warrior’s spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere have been many Clayton Thomas-Mullers: The child who played with toy planes as an escape from domestic and sexual abuse, enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada's residential school system; the angry youngster who defended himself with fists and sharp wit against racism and violence, at school and on the streets of Winnipeg and small-town British Columbia; the tough teenager who, at 17, managed a drug house run by members of his family, and slipped in and out of juvie, operating in a world of violence and pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind them all, there was another Clayton: the one who remained immersed in Cree spirituality, and who embraced the rituals and ways of thinking vital to his heritage; the one who reconnected with the land during summer visits to his great-grandparents' trapline in his home territory of Pukatawagan in northern Manitoba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it's this version of Clayton that ultimately triumphed, finding healing by directly facing the trauma that he shares with Indigenous peoples around the world. Now a leading organizer and activist on the frontlines of environmental resistance, Clayton brings his warrior spirit to the fight against the ongoing assault on Indigenous peoples' lands by Big Oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTying together personal stories of survival that bring the realities of the First Nations of this land into sharp focus, and lessons learned from a career as a frontline activist committed to addressing environmental injustice at a global scale, Thomas-Muller offers a narrative and vision of healing and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clayton Thomas-Muller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268660220101,"sku":"9780735240063","price":13.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/0480\/1477\/files\/9780735240063.jpg?v=1779503354","url":"https:\/\/www.bloominsallysusedbooks.com\/products\/life-in-the-city-of-dirty-water-a-memoir-of-healing","provider":"Bloomin’ Sally’s Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}