Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse

by Ruth Teichroeb

Book Overview

When a young Ojibwa boy named Lester Desjarlais took his own life, the inquest into his death became one of the longest in Manitoba's history, unearthing a story of sexual abuse, family suffering,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002554291
• ISBN13: 9780002554299
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource

This book thoroughly and thoughtfully examined the complexities of providing child welfare services in First Nations communities. The story of Lester's suicide was heartbreaking but the strength of the people who wanted to help was inspiring. This would be an excellent text for use in Native social work programs to highlight the many challenges on reserve social workers face.

The Book Tells The Truth

So many of the Canadian reserves suffer the same problems.Only if all the reserves could open up and deal with the abuse problem.