Bone Black (novel)

Bone Black is a novel, published in 2019, by Canadian author Carol Rose GoldenEagle.[1][2]

Bone Black
First edition
AuthorCarol Rose GoldenEagle
Genremystery
PublisherNightwood Editions
Publication date
2019
ISBN9780889713659

In a long interview with Shelagh Rogers GoldenEagle described her experience in the decades as a journalist of First Nations women being covered only as victims.[3] They discussed the long history of prejudice against First Nations women. They discussed the long history of police inaction in the investigation of missing First Nations women.

Plot

When her twin sister Raven visits her she and her hero Wren Strongeagle visit a bar, for a scheduled event, only to disappear when she goes to the washroom.[3] Her reports of her disappearance are discounted by the police, who tell her that Raven probably met someone and left for a sexual encounter. Frustrated by police inaction, Strongeagle tracking down and kills serial killers who are preying on First Nations women.[1][2][4]

Reviews

The Regina Leader-Post wrote: "Wren is a deep character, and GoldenEagle’s prose is vivid with a hint of poetry."[2]

References
  1. "Bone Black: Carol Rose GoldenEagle". CBC Books. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-04-16. There are too many stories about Indigenous women who go missing or are murdered, and it doesn't seem as though official sources such as government, police or the courts respond in a way that works toward finding justice or even solutions. At least that is the way Wren StrongEagle sees it.
  2. Ashley Martin (2019-10-03). "GoldenEagle's new novel a vengeful twist on Missing and Murdered issue". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved 2020-02-13. The protagonist Wren Strongeagle turns to serial killing after her twin sister Raven disappears. Having experienced and witnessed so much violence as an Indigenous woman, Wren hits her breaking point: In search of justice, she begins to prey on men who prey on Indigenous women. Wren is a deep character, and GoldenEagle's prose is vivid with a hint of poetry.
  3. Shelagh Rogers (2020-03-07). "Carol Rose GoldenEagle on Bone Black". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  4. "The CBC Books winter reading list: 40 books to read to kick off 2020". CBC Books. January 28, 2020.
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