Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series

The Marrow Thieves is a 2017 Young Adult dystopian novel by Metis Canadian writer Cherie Dimaline. Seven of us met on Saturday Nov. 18, and had the best discussion we’d had in a long time. The story was just outstanding, and we were all happy to jump into a YA book about social justice , Indigenous culture, climate change ,  and a touch of Sci Fi.   Bonnie came right out the gate, exclaiming, “ I can’t deal with Science Fiction. ”     Marian tried to reason with her, offering, “ B ut the Sci Fi was really an aside. The Sci Fi was a vehicle. ”     Bonnie retorted “ Right, I understand that, and I met someone from Canada who was Indigenous, who went to a residential school, and he was telling us that the present Pope came to apologize to the group of people who were impact ed . I understand that the Sci Fi is a vehicle . ”   Marian followed up with, “ The Sci Fi aspect was only a vehicle and to me it was very tiny. The part about extract...