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They Called Me Number One -Episode 6

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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 Website

    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

    Indigeneyez

    A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

    Willow

    Crank by Ellen Hopkins

    Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples

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