Five Little Indians – Michelle Good
Taken from their families as young children and sent to a church-run residential school on the west coast of Canada, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie grow up in a system designed to separate Indigenous children from their families, language and culture. When they are finally released as teenagers, they are thrown into the streets of Vancouver with little support and no preparation for life outside.
Five Little Indians, the acclaimed debut novel by Michelle Good, a writer and lawyer of Cree descent who has worked with survivors of the residential school system, follows these five survivors over several decades as they try to build new lives. Each of them carries the deep wounds of their experiences at the school, and each finds different ways to cope, sometimes through friendship and love, sometimes through addiction, anger or flight.
Kenny cannot stop running. Lucy longs for stability and family. Clara is drawn into activism and the fight for Indigenous rights. Howie struggles with violence and its consequences. Maisie, fierce and outspoken, carries trauma that shapes her life. Their paths cross and intertwine as they search for healing, belonging and a sense of who they are.
Written with compassion and honesty, the novel sheds light on a painful chapter of Canadian history and its lasting effects on individuals, families and communities, while celebrating resilience, friendship and the strength of the human spirit.
The novel won major Canadian literary awards. Five Little Indians is a powerful read for anyone interested in literary fiction, Indigenous history and stories of survival. It deals with abuse, trauma, addiction and violence, which may be distressing.
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