In 'Heart Berries,' An Indigenous Woman's Chaotic Coming-Of-Age
Terese Marie Mailhot's new memoir is an effort to draw art from mental illness, lost love and her family history on an Indian reservation in British Columbia.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Feb 11, 2018
2 minutes
Terese Marie Mailhot started her new memoir, Heart Berries, while she was in a mental institution, where she had committed herself after a breakdown. The pages bleed with the pain of mental illness, lost love and her family history on an Indian reservation in British Columbia.
It's a collection of essays filled with what she called "heavy material": experiences of poverty, addiction and
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