"Fascinating insight into the work [Currie] has pioneered as a psychotherapist to other Indigenous survivors of the Scoop and of residential schools ... A stirring and hopeful vision of spiritual reconciliation with the ghosts of the past."
–Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW)
"Finding Otipemisiwak is an at times gut-wrenching but always honest account of a time in this nation's history that for too long has been overlooked. Combining fact and personal history, Currie brings us into the story of a country willing to sacrifice the welfare of Indigenous children for reasons we still struggle to understand. We should all pause and sit with Currie and her words and join her in the vulnerability she places on the page. We will be better for it."
–Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers
"This book takes on the quality of a great radio documentary, splicing prose, poetry, and actuality as Andrea Currie cross-examines colonization and the story that settler society placed over her like a net. When she comes to know who she and her people are, there is joy and there is sadness, but also truth and belonging, a firm scaffolding as Andrea comes to own herself. Finding Otipemisiwak is a powerful act of resistance and gripping to read. It is a balm."
–Shelagh Rogers, founding host and co-creator of The Next Chapter CBC Radio
Honorary Witness, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
"With the intimacy of a sharing circle, this story draws in our hearts immediately. Pulsing between difficult observations and skilfully woven into Finding Otipemisiwak are Indigenous teachings and poetry, allowing the narrative to breathe. Even in the very wake of hardship, Andrea Currie encourages us to believe in the enduring powers of culture, earth, and community."
–shalan joudry, author of Waking Ground
"Finding Otipemisiwak is a stunning, illuminating, and gutting journey through the life of a Sixties Scoop survivor. Page turning, genre bending, personal and political, staggeringly honest, heartbreaking, and glorious, it is a story of resistance, possibility, healing, and hope, of reclamation and reconciliation."
–Camille Fouillard, author of Precious Little
"In this rigorous and beautiful debut, Currie's unfaltering pursuit of complicated truths lifts into the light the possibility of healing, as she seeks and finds her own lost family, writing her story into theirs. Finding Otipemisiwak is a necessary, searing, and luminous gift of a book."
–Rebecca Silver Slayter, author of The Second History
"Finding Otipemisiwak is a beautifully written story of tragedy and triumph, as well as one of escape from a false family into the embrace of a loving one. Threading through Currie's remarkable tale is a heart-wrenching bond between her and her adoptive brother, Rob. This book contains a story that desperately needs to be told."
–Frank Macdonald, author of A Forest for Calum
"Finding Otipemisiwak is a poignant story of self-discovery, weaving Red River Métis heritage with personal narrative and ancestral lore and honouring resilience amidst the Sixties Scoop."
–Albert G.D. Beck, Director, Manitoba Métis Federation
