Lorrie Potvin

Inanna Memoir Series - Horses in the Sand

Horses in the Sand: A queer Métis woman's journey of self-acceptance, art, and finding her Indigenous community.

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A sequel to First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir, Horses in the Sand is a collection of stories that document a queer Métis woman's journey from her sparse beginnings as a child to becoming a tradeswoman, teacher, and artist. With courage, humour, and frank honesty, the stories describe what it was like to grow up as a girl who was starkly different from "normal" and how "coming out" became a lifelong process of self-acceptance and changing identities. Potvin's tales also speak to the difficulties in participating in and maintaining healthy adult relationships when childhood foundations are rooted in violence and trauma, culminating with a triumphant account of fulfilling a long-time dream of buying land and building a home with her own hands. Ultimately, this memoir is a celebration of making art, telling stories, and of finding her birth father, a family of half siblings, and an Indigenous community whose presence she had always felt, but to which she never knew she belonged.

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Release date

30.03.2023

Imprint

Inanna Publications

Series

Inanna Memoir Series

Genres

Biography & Memoir, Arts

Moods

hopeful, content

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