news | Friday November 29, 2013

Review: The Winds of Change on They Called Me Number One

Sheldon Treteault for The Winds of Change – a community almanac for Pemberton, Lil’wat, Area C, and N’Quatqua – recently reviewed They Called Me Number One by Xat’sull Chief Bev Sellars. Treteault wrote that this very readable book gives Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal readers alike “a way to enter into the subject and find hope for personal recovery and national reconciliation” and declared that it “should be required reading for all Canadians.” The full review is available on The Winds of Change website.

They Called Me Number One by Xat’sull Chief Bev Sellars is the first full-length memoir to be published out of St. Joseph’s Mission, the residential school at Williams Lake, BC. Readers have flocked to the book and audiences to its author, finding this personal memoir moving, thoughtful, and significant to Canada’s national identity and the national identities of all its peoples.

This week also marks the book’s 30th week running on the B.C. Bestsellers list, a list compiled by the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia based on sales data from bookstores around the province!