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NALO HOPKINSON

 Brown Girl is a fascinating combination of Caribbean voodoo and speculative fiction. It takes place in inner city Toronto after the wealthy have given up on and fled the inner city.  The core has no government, law enforcement, sewage or services of any kind. Survivors have gone back to bartering and surviving the best they can. The top dogs of human society prey on those less fortunate. 

Mamie is a healer who uses both herbs and spirits to heal. She is desperately instructing her grand-daughter Ti-Jeanne so she can take over when Mamie is no longer able to continue with her healing work.

This was one of the books for CBC’s Canada Reads 08. Well worth the time. 

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