Who does the work of remembering the ways of Medicine? How is the past tied to the future?
In book one of the Reclaiming Medicine Womxn Trilogy, Cora Strong begins the journey of remembering a past that is hazy and fraught with pain and displacement. As a young artist and medicine womxn, Cora is constantly questioning herself and the world around her. Her journey begins and ends with her tie to the land around her, remembering her black and indigenous roots, ritual, ceremony, queerness, her family, friends, lovers, memories of sexual violence and inner strength.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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