Show Notes
Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Voicemails
- Ducks
- Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
