Category: Blurb
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“In Cekpa, Leah Altman bravely maps the terrain of one Native adoptee—from relinquishment to adoption to reunion to her own journey of motherhood. We need more honest, complicated voices like this in order to more fully comprehend this largely unknown experience.” —Shannon Gibney, author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be
“In Cekpa, Leah Altman bravely maps the terrain of one Native adoptee—from relinquishment to adoption to reunion to her own journey of motherhood. We need more honest, complicated voices like this in order to more fully comprehend this largely unknown experience.” —Shannon Gibney, author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be Read more
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“Cekpa is a memoir of restoration—not just healing, but the pain of handling what’s been broken. Altman refuses to sand down the jagged edges, instead holding them up to the light in this tremendous book, carefully setting piece after piece into place to tell her story of making and remaking family.” —Elissa Washuta, author of White Magic
“Cekpa is a memoir of restoration—not just healing, but the pain of handling what’s been broken. Altman refuses to sand down the jagged edges, instead holding them up to the light in this tremendous book, carefully setting piece after piece into place to tell her story of making and remaking family.” —Elissa Washuta, author of… Read more
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“In Cekpa, Leah Altman braids together strands of deep, complicated and sometimes difficult love for her birth family, for her adopted family, for her own daughters, and the family she is building in a world not always inclined to celebrate the multiplicity of traditions she has lived.” —Pam Houston
“In Cekpa, Leah Altman braids together strands of deep, complicated and sometimes difficult love for her birth family, for her adopted family, for her own daughters, and the family she is building in a world not always inclined to celebrate the multiplicity of traditions she has lived. Fierce, funny, mother, and Mother Earth-centric, vivid and… Read more
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“With admirable honesty and a masterful sense of narrative, Leah Altman shares the story of herself.” —Allison Larkin
“With admirable honesty and a masterful sense of narrative, Leah Altman shares the story of herself. Cekpa is an empathetic tapestry woven from the tangled threads of ancestry and found family. The generous intimacy of this memoir will make you feel that you’ve known Altman forever, rooting for her the whole way.” —Allison Larkin, author… Read more
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“In this tender and eloquent memoir, Leah Altman takes readers on a lyrical journey into identity, family, love, and culture, asking: What makes a person resilient?” —Erika Hayasaki
“In this tender and eloquent memoir, Leah Altman takes readers on a lyrical journey into identity, family, love, and culture, asking: What makes a person resilient? Altman carefully weaves together vivid vignettes, tapping into profound moments of pain and beauty. Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays requires readers to hold multiple truths at the same… Read more
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“Raw, honest, and enlightening, Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays by Leah Altman is an emotionally charged collection of essays that transmutes childhood trauma and loss into enduring self-acceptance.” —Terra Trevor
“Raw, honest, and enlightening, Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays by Leah Altman is an emotionally charged collection of essays that transmutes childhood trauma and loss into enduring self-acceptance. Altman, whose birth father is from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was adopted into a white family and raised outside of her culture. Her journey to reclaim… Read more
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“In unflinchingly honest and compelling prose, Altman lets us in on a love letter to her two daughters, to her extended family, and to the land. We are endlessly fortunate to bear witness. I could not put Cekpa down.” —Charlie J. Stephens, author of A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
“In unflinchingly honest and compelling prose, Altman lets us in on a love letter to her two daughters, to her extended family, and to the land. We are endlessly fortunate to bear witness. I could not put Cekpa down.” —Charlie J. Stephens, author of A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest Read more
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“A series of funny and sad stories of Altman’s life experiences as a young Native girl growing up in Portland, Oregon, outside of her tribe.” —David G. Lewis
“Cekpa by Leah Altman is a series of funny and sad stories of Altman’s life experiences as a young Native girl growing up in Portland, Oregon, outside of her tribe. Altman experiences all too familiar events in the lives of thousands of reconnecting Native people, challenged by an adoption system that adopted her out without… Read more