Hold Your Tongue
Marilyn Stanley
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Noelle Walsh
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Chantal Comeau
, Andrea Pole
, Freda Mans-Labianca
, Barry Kazimer
, Mary Therrien
, Beth Dekoker
, Sarah Schwartz
, Linda Leitch
, Jude Castillo
, Elisha Lazarski
, Thelma Ball
, Andrea Gillespie
, Gabrielle Veilleux
, Janet Hosokawa
, Trish Bowering
, Kate Rutter
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Colby Clair Stolson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Blake Patterson
, VJ Hatton
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Agnes Marshall
, Shawna Moodie
, P. Thompson
, Debra Fisher
, Olivia Pellegrino
, Joshua Lewis
, Laurie Burns
, Natasa Ilic
, Joan Clare
, Diana Richardson
, Elmira Olson
, Deb Philippon
, Leila Grobel
, Shayla Bradley
, Carol McConnell
, Lisa Mallia
, Liz Moreau
, Katherine Koller
, Janice Cournoyer
, Leonard Constant
, Rhona Brinkman
, Jeff George
, Vicki Bedford
, Kim Cappellina
, Karen Kendrick
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, joy mills
, Samantha Fitzpatrick
, Geordan Patterson
, Lucian Childs
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, diana kirkwood
, Darlene Jilks
, Heather Belliveau
, Maria Mclean
, C. Ray
, Marin Beck
, Darlene Foster
, Elaine Baptie
, Maggie Keating
, Maureen Brownlee
, Charles Leblanc
, Donna Gamache
, Rebecca Dixon
, Deana Bueley
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Denise Duvall
, Benita Hartwell
, Huguette Lemieux
, Megan Bishop
, Paula Adam
, Christopher Evans
, Susan Hroncek
, Randi Ann Doll
, yvonne corbett
, Heather Norris
, Jessica Gilbert
, Karen Nordrum
, Kevin Smith
, tom stormonth
, Anika Brandt
, Mary Campbell
, Colleen Coco Collins
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Upon learning his great-uncle Alfred has suffered a stroke, Richard sets out for Ste. Anne, in southeastern Manitoba, to find his father and tell him the news. Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance, tales of run-ins with local Mennonites, his job working a honey wagon, and struck by visions of Métis history and secrets of his family's past, Richard confronts his desires to leave town, even as he learns to embrace his heritage.
Evoking an oral storytelling epic that weaves together one family's complex history, Hold Your Tongueasks what it means to be Métis and francophone. Recalling the work of Katherena Vermette and Joshua Whitehead, Matthew Tétreault's debut novel shines with a poignant, but playful character-driven meditation on the struggles of holding onto "la langue," and marks the emergence of an important new voice.
