This book focuses on a white woman doing work toward becoming a good relative. She's forthright about the struggles she experiences in undoing her bias and uncentering herself in the larger conversation. She learns more about her own ancestral traditions and how to communicate with and honor her ancestors.

There were times I cringed while I was reading it, but I think the authenticity is important. I think white readers need to see the challenges and growth.

The main audience for this book is white people in the Americas, particular in the United States. This book will help them consider the impacts of their and their ancestors' actions and find ways to engage in anti-racist work. It's not meant to be read alone, in my opinion. It would be good as part of a text set with books by BIPOC, whose voices should be centered in this work.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book! All opinions are my own.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own.

This book was not for me. My father's family are indigenous and my mother's family are white. We are more focus on fixing the wrongs of residential schools and the missing and murdered women, then our own identity. I'm Canadian and I just can't relate to this story. Generational trauma needs to be addressed and we as a society need to work together to find these woman, find these children's bodies so they may be properly buried and work on a system in line with the indigenous beliefs to ensure that every generation is better then the last.

This is an important book for White Americans to read. Reparations for past harms committed lie in our hands and I’m grateful this book is being published and will be accessible to all. Fantastic comprehensive resource!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I think this is a topic of utmost importance in this day and age, and I'm delighted that more white people are starting to address it.
Having said that, I believe this book is a bit too spiritual for my liking since I tend to gravitate towards more academic texts. Also, sometimes I found it a bit too repetitive and I felt like I was rereading the same passages every other chapter.
Other than that, I think it's a very important book and I'm glad I got to read it! I loved how the author started the book by acknowledging the land on which she wrote these pages and gives her respects to its ancestral custodians. I also liked how she constantly reiterates and acknowledges her privilege, even when doing some things (e.g.: being able to visit a trauma therapist after being in the DRC, something that women over there cannot do) that highlight once again her immense privilege.
Overall a very interesting read, even if it has its flaws.

I got this as an arc on Netgalley and it will come out in October. The proceeds of this book will go to Decolonization projects. I wanted to like this but this is the first book in a while I did not finish. This is written by someone white, which I didn't know until I received the arc and it just shows. 1/3ths in I had to give up. Sometimes we white people are meant to listen and be the audience to learn how to do the work, and not be the ones taking the stage and teaching.

This was an excellent book. In terms of being useful and informative, this one stands tall against nearly every book I have read on the topic. Read it and reap.