Sisters of Grass

In her vibrant first novel Sisters of Grass, Theresa Kishkan weaves a tapestry of the senses through the touchstones of a young woman's life. Anna is preparing an exhibit of textiles reflecting life in central BC a century ago. She discovers a dusty cardboard box containing the personal effects of a Nicola valley woman. Fascinated by the artifacts, she reconstructs the story of Margaret Stuart, the daughter of a Native mother and a Scottish-American father trying to fit into both worlds. Kishkan makes the past reverberate through the present in a work celebrating the complexities and joys of life and the sustaining connections of family. Theresa Kishkan is an award-winning author of 11 books of poetry and prose and her essays have been widely published. Literary Fiction, Canadian Author.