From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way -- Jesse T

<b>*#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER</b><br> <b>*Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction<br> *Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards</b><br> <b>*Winner, High Plains Book Awards</b><br> <b>*Finalist, CBC Canada Reads</b><br> <b>*A <i>Globe and Mail</i> Book of the Year<br> *An Indigo Book of the Year<br> *A CBC Best Canadian Nonfiction Book of the Year</b> <p/><b>In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.</b> <p/><i>If I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead.</i> <p/> <i>From the Ashes</i> is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a M tis-Cree man who refused to give up. <p/> Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more