Becoming a Matriarch
Written by Helen Knott
Published by Knopf Canada
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Helen Knott’s debut memoir, In My Own Moccasins, wowed reviewers, award juries, and readers alike with its profoundly honest and moving account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, resilience, and survival. Now, in her highly anticipated second book, Knott returns with a chronicle of grief, love, and legacy.
Having lost both her mom and grandmother in just over six months, forced to navigate the fine lines between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott realizes she must let go, not just of the women who raised her, but of the woman she thought she was.
Woven into the pages are themes of mourning, sobriety through loss, and generational dreaming. Becoming a Matriarch is charted with poetic insights, sass, humour, and heart, taking the reader over the rivers and mountains of Dane Zaa territory in Northeastern British Columbia, along the cobbled streets of Antigua, Guatemala, and straight to the heart of what matriarchy truly means. This is a journey through pain, on the way to becoming.
HELEN KNOTT
Helen is a Dane Zaa, Cree, Metis and mixed settler descent woman from Prophet River First Nations living in Northeastern British Columbia. She is the author of the Canadian nationally best-selling book, In My Own Moccasins, which was a longlisted for an RBC Taylor award. Her second book, Becoming a Matriarch, reached #1 selling status on the Toronto Star best sellers list, was named one of the top 10 books for 2023 by Indigo Canada, won the George Ryga Award, was the recipient of the Jim Deva Award from the BC Yukon Book Prizes, and is a finalist for a 2024 Governor Generals Award.
She is a single mother to a teenage son, a mediocre beader, and was the 1999 female tween leg wrestling champion of West Moberly First Nations annual celebration.
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