Sisters of the Lost Nation

“Never feel guilty for being where you belong,”

Words cannot adequately describe how I feel about this book. I wanted to scream afterwards. I cried and in my head, I raged. A stunning work of fiction steeped too much in the grim reality that is the horror of missing and murdered Indigenous women. I sit here still, shaking with sorrow.

Medina writes a slow, strangling horror story that takes you to the highest point with meticulous scene building until suddenly, we are careening to the bottom, faster than we want to go. The melding of so many Native cultures was brilliant and despite the dark, dark reality this book echoes there was so much beauty as well.

Highly recommend.