Winnifred Shawcross of Courtenay, British Columbia recommends Medicine Walk. The Globe and Mail describes Medicine Walk as “very much a novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by…. Medicine Walk is also testament to the redemptive power of love and compassion.” Author Richard Wagamese is one of Canada’s foremost writers, and one of the leading Native writers in North America. He has also written eight previous novels and several acclaimed memoirs and has won numerous awards, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications, the Molson Prize, and the Canada Reads People’s Choice Award. He lives in Kamloops, British Columbia.