26 pages 52 minutes read

Terese Marie Mailhot

Heart Berries

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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How does Mailhot find agency in writing her story? How does she struggle against the expectations of what her story should be?

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What is “Indian Sickness” and how does it relate to Mailhot’s hospitalization and struggle with her mental illness?

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Mailhot writes extensively about her mother. How does her relationship with her own mother shape her ideas of motherhood?