Cheryl Parisien Book Launch
Wednesday Nov 13 2024 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium, Streaming on YouTube
Join Cheryl Parisien for the launch of her debut novel, The Unweaving (Tidewater Press). Featuring a conversation hosted by Dave Williamson, followed by a book signing.
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream.
In 1869, the arrival of surveyors from the new Dominion of Canada sends ripples of anxiety through the people of Red River. As the Métis Nation begins negotiating terms for joining Confederation, each member of the Rougeau family adapts in their own way: Clément looks outward, trying to maintain his livelihood as a carter, while his wife, Marienne, looks inward, determined to hold their fracturing family together. Julien, the eldest son, joins Louis Riel to confront the same intruders that so impress his sister, Charlotte. As the Red River Resistance unfolds, the consequences of each choice become heartbreakingly clear.
Cheryl Parisien is a Red River Métis writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Treaty 1 territory. Her ancestors lived on the river lots of St. Norbert and her roots stretch back to the beginning of the Métis homeland. Loosely based on her family’s history, The Unweaving is her first novel.
Host Dave Williamson has written several novels, a collection of short stories, a memoir, drama for television and stage, and over a thousand book reviews. Founder of the Creative Communications program at Red River College, he was Dean of Business and Applied Arts there for over twenty years, retiring in 2006. His most recent novel, Visiting Fellow, was published by Turnstone Press.
See:
The Unweaving
- Cheryl Parisien 
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We are like the sash, woven together from different peoples and traditions, making something new, beautiful, and strong.
In 1869, the arrival of surveyors from the new Dominion of Canada sends ripples of anxiety through the people of Red River. As the Métis Nation begins negotiating terms for joining Confederation, each member of the Rougeau family adapts in their own way: Clément looks outward, trying to maintain his livelihood as a carter, while his wife, Marienne, looks inward, determined to hold their fracturing family together. Julien, the elder son, joins Louis Riel to confront the same intruders that so impress his sister, Charlotte. As the Red River Resistance unfolds, the consequences of each choice become heartbreakingly clear.
Red River Métis author Cheryl Parisien combines research, family history, and historical events in this story of a pivotal moment in the birth of a sovereign nation.
