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There are books that I keep around and pick up every now and then, often in the chill after a hard task finished, and I read a bit until there is something that i want to stop and chew on for a while. This book took me months to read because I was always finding something to chew on, something worth pondering, something to integrate into the being-ness of living.

I highly recommend David George Haskell's Sounds Wild and Broken if you are a thinker, someone who likes to integrate thoughts and sentences into your being. A human aware that you are just a tiny speck in a large world that is mostly inhabited by other non-human beings. Go on. Set this by your bedside, or alongside your favorite chair, with a coaster for your mug or pint, your reading glasses, and a comfy something or another. Sink into it, over time, and let these words change you.

There is a softening that happens when we hear and read the stories of suppressed truth. That softening leads to comprehension, to empathy, and is worth the effort of challenging the mythical histories that we've been fed.

Open your mind to what has been happening in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the US with respect to indigenous cultures. If this is your first look into 'truth healing and reconciliation', and even if you're well-versed, this is an accessible and readable book that tells broader stories that need to be heard, and shares the healing that can happen (or the harm that happens when we continue to deny and silence the truth).