![]() On the surface, Medicine Walk is a story of a father’s redemption through storytelling and of a son finding connections to the world through his ancestors. ![]() They set out on a 60-kilometre journey, during which time Eldon struggles to relate the story of his life. interior and to bury him sitting up, facing east, “in the warrior way.” Reluctantly, Franklin agrees. “She’s OK with it,” he says.Įldon, who says he is dying, asks Franklin to take him into the B.C. “You could have some,” the father tells the son. The novel begins when Eldon calls for Franklin, who arrives to find his father drunk and in bed with a prostitute. Our protagonist, Franklin Starlight, is a young man adopted by “the old man,” a brusque but profoundly dedicated guardian who does his best to teach “the kid” how to live on the land and be “a good man.”įranklin knows nothing of his mother and beyond infrequent, heartbreaking encounters with his biological father, Eldon, he knows nothing of his family’s past. Medicine Walk is Richard Wagamese’s first novel since the bestselling Indian Horse was published in 2012. ![]() ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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