A powerful, voice-driven story about overcoming grief, complex mother/daughter relationships, Native American issues, and modern mixed-race identity issues.
Mary-Claire is born a “half-breed” to a white father and American Indian mother. As a young adult preparing for days-long burial ceremonies for her mother, she reflects on her identity issues growing up on the Rez, her volatile home life below the poverty line, how her mother’s addiction escalated, and how to break the cycle. Available in paperback and e-book formats.
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Tricia is a local author and activist of Eastern Shoshone (Sosonri Newe) and Polish heritage. She grew up on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming and is currently based in Chicago. She writes about modern mixed race identity issues, breaking cycles of trauma, and combatting “Native invisibility”, most recently in her novel, The Courage to Exist in Daylight. Her writing has appeared in Story Week Reader, Word Riot, and Starlight Writers Society.
Tricia Renée Kucinski | Author 