Michelle Good's Five Little Indians follows five survivors of residential schools as they navigate trauma, addiction, and the search for healing in 1960s Vancouver. Through interconnected stories spanning decades, Good examines how residential school trauma reverberates across lifetimes and how survivors find ways to live despite everything. The novel becomes both devastating testimony and tribute to resilience, proving that residential school stories need to be told and that survival itself is a form of resistance.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Good, herself a residential school survivor descendant, tells this story with unflinching honesty and deep compassion. This novel reminds us that residential schools' legacy didn't end when they closed, that intergenerational trauma is real, and that Indigenous people have always found ways to survive and support each other.

DETAILS: • Author: Michelle Good • Publisher: Harper Perennial • Format: Paperback • Publication Date: April 14, 2020 • ISBN: 9781443459181 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days