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edition:Paperback
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category: Fiction
published: May 2013
ISBN:9781926886176
publisher: Theytus Books

Red Rooms

by Cherie Dimaline

tagged: literary, native american & aboriginal
Description

Naomi, an Indigenous chambermaid in a busy downtown hotel, amuses herself by imagining the past, present and future lives of five hotel guests, whom she observed in passing, in the hotel lobby and through relics left in their rooms. Struck by their remains, their footprints and their clues, Naomi patches them together to weave tales of infatuation, love, infidelity, illness, death and family.

In Red Rooms, Naomi tells the tales of the young prostitute and her invasive spirits, the terminally ill couture collector, the photographer looking for homegrown identity in foreign lands, the businesswoman who discovers the diary of a jingle-dress dancer and a woman emerging from an obsessive affair. They all check in for a temporary stay, living out complicated lives in these simple spaces. Strung together through Naomi's narration, the stories in Red Rooms portray a complex and beautiful urban Indigenous community.

About the Author
Cherie Dimaline is the award-winning author of Hunting by Stars, Empire of Wild, and the international bestseller The Marrow Thieves, winner of the Governor General’s Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. She is from the Georgian Bay Métis Community and lives in Midland, Ontario.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
13 to 17
Grade:
8 to 12
Editorial Review

"Haunting and complex Red Rooms is the Native Rosetta Stone. A lovely tour de force from an up-and-coming writer to watch."

— Eden Robinson, author of <i>Son of a Trickster</i>

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