A review by poisonenvy
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby is an emotional retelling of a life of a Ojibwe-Cree Elder, who speaks to her many difficulties growing up and into her adulthood.  Throughout it she pulls herself out from addiction, and recounts both the abusive and familial relationships she has. 

What she speaks surprisingly little of, given the title of the book, is her journey through her two-spirited identity.  While her biography is sprinkled throughout with references, it is not a focus of the book; given the title of the biography, I thought it would feature more prominently.  

Despite that, however, this is a heartbreaking, but ultimately hopeful, biography of Ma-Nee, and very readable and engaging.  I listened to it largely through audio, and Marsha Knight did an extraordinarily good job of making this story listenable; her cadence and speech were beautiful and lulled me right in.