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On the Goose : a Labrador Métis woman remembers / Josie Penny.
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Title:On the Goose : a Labrador Métis woman remembers / Josie Penny.
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Author/Creator:Penny, Josie, author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
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Published/Created:Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2014.
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Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: YS P46 G66 2014
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects: Métis--Women--Residential schools
Métis--Residential schools--Healing.
Métis--Residential schools--Impact.
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Canadian Subjects: Métis--Newfoundland and Labrador--Goose Bay--Residential schools.
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Library of Congress Subjects:Penny, Josie.
Métis--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--Residential schools.
Goose Bay (N.L.)--Biography.
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Genre/Form:Biographies
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Description:234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Summary:Growing up in Labrador, Josie Penny's quiet life with her Métis family was significantly altered when she was taken to a residential school. On the goose carries the reader through her emotional journey from helplessness and isolation to love.
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Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
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Local note:First Nations author - Métis.
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ISBN:9781459719125 (pbk.)
1459719123 (pbk.)
9781459719132 (pdf)
1459719131 (pdf)
9781459719149 (epub)
145971914X (epub)
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Contents:Happy Valley
Finding family
Dating games
Falling in love
The Penny family
My wedding day
Our first home
First born
Trying to adapt
My first job
Construction
Life emergencies
Birth of a town
New neighbours
My first friend
Struggling to cope
A growing community
Moving
Changes
Winter of hell
Hard times
Keith's hell
A terrible accident
Moving to Goose Bay
Entrepreneurs
Clubs, winter carnivals, and entertainment
Visiting home
Broken
Pets
A growing family
Camping trips
Kool kat five
Living the good life
Insanity
Labrador coastal service
The American side
New ventures
A new life.