Memoir by an Indigenous journalist who grew up rough on the streets, and I'm trying to decided if I got more or less out of it for having read it so soon after Unbroken. Overall, I think they balance each other out.

In terms of compare and contrast, this one worked a lot better as a personal narrative and a depiction of the lingering effects of the trauma of being on the streets and the aftershocks of abuse and sexual violence. Morin talks extensively about the emotional realities of being bounced through the foster system, including going to jail, where Angela Sterritt is much more private, and mostly uses her story as a framework for the issues she wants to discuss. On the other hand, Our voice of Fire is mostly a memoir, and doesn't dig into the MMIWG crisis the way Unbroken does. There is a lot of graphic sexual violence in this one.

The thread in this book about the importance of local journalism for giving diverse voices a start, especially when they don't have a degree, is a bit depressing. We've all seen how many of those outlets have shuttered in the last few years, and how that's made it so much harder to build a resume, as well as cutting local reporting and the context it adds down to nothing.