Jesse Thistle, FROM THE ASHES: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Professor and author Jesse Thistle joins Zibby to talk about his bestselling memoir, From the Ashes. Jesse shares how different the overwhelmingly positive reception of his life story has been from the way he used to be perceived, how he believes indigenous people can begin to heal centuries of generational trauma, and what he plans to do next. Jesse also asks listeners to do two simple things in his honor: "Go buy a homeless person or someone down on their luck a meal. Ask them their name."

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0:40.2	Jesse Thistle is the author of From the Ashes, my story of being metis, homeless, and finding my way. This number one internationally
0:46.6	bestselling and award-winning memoir about overcoming trauma, prejudice, and addiction by a
0:52.3	metis-create author as he struggles to find a way back to himself
0:55.3	and his indigenous culture is an illuminating, this is a quote now, an illuminating inside account of
1:00.5	homelessness, study of survival and freedom. So says Amanda Lindhout bestselling co-author of a
1:06.0	house in the sky. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse and his two brothers were cut off from all they knew when they were placed in the foster care system, eventually placed with their paternal grandparents, the children often clashed with their tough love attitude, and worse, the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father seemed to haunt the memories of every member of the family.
1:24.2	Soon, he succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime,
1:28.9	resulting in more than a decade living on and off the streets. Facing struggles many of us cannot
1:33.3	even imagine, Jesse knew he would die unless he turned his life around. Through sheer perseverance
1:38.2	and newfound love, he managed to find his way back into the loving embrace of his indigenous
1:42.2	culture and family. Now, in this heart-wrenching
1:44.8	and triumphant memoir, Jesse honestly and fearlessly divulges his painful past, the abuse he endured,
1:51.3	and the tragic truth about his parents. An eloquent exploration of the dangerous impact of
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