Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Drew Hayden Taylor
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Adoption
ISBN/Barcode 9780889223844
ClassificationsDewey:812
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Talon Books,Canada
Imprint Talon Books,Canada
Publication Date 1 January 1998
Publication Country Canada

Description

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth is the emotional story of a woman's struggle to acknowledge her birth family. Grace, a Native girl adopted by a White family, is asked by her birth sister to return to the Reserve for their mother's funeral. Afraid of opening old wounds, Grace must find a place where the culture of her past can feed the truth of her present.

Author Biography

Drew Hayden Taylor Hailed by the Montreal Gazette as one of Canada's leading Native dramatists, Drew Hayden Taylor writes for the screen as well as the stage and contributes regularly to North American Native periodicals and national newspapers. His plays have garnered many prestigious awards, and his beguiling and perceptive storytelling style has enthralled audiences in Canada, the United States and Germany. One of his most established bodies of work includes what he calls the Blues Quartet, an ongoing, outrageous and often farcical examination of Native and non-Native stereotypes.

Reviews

"This is not just a great Native production. This is a great production. Period."