Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing By Susan Aglukark, Andrea Warner (Grades 10+)

Susan and her six siblings grew up in a modest but loving home in Arviat, a mostly Inuit community on the western shores of Hudson Bay, although she was born in Fort Churchill, Manitoba. However, Susan's life was upended when she was eight years old while she was living in Rankin Inlet. This particular separation caused a rift inside of her that she has been healing from for years. She began composing poetry at the age of fifteen, and when Susan was given the option to leave her town, she seized the opportunity like a lifeline. After years, Susan signed with a major label for her third album, This Child, after being approached by a producer at CBC who was working on a compilation CD of Arctic artists.

This is Susan Aglukark's story of finding her Inuk self—the upheaval and turning points, the anguish and happiness, the destruction and recovery.