berkeley She Holds Up the Stars Sandra Laronde annick press toronto
To my mother Barbara and my father Willis Laronde First and foremost
Chapter One The last thing Misko wanted was to move away from the city But her dreams those strange visions were rooted here and kept tugging at her to come home Now that she was standing at Kokum’s door she wasn’t sure she had made the right decision But there was no turning back She remembered the door was never locked so she gently pushed it open and pulled her bags inside Kokum she whispered Kokum she repeated a bit louder An elderly woman shuffled toward her Kokum It’s me Miskobimizh she said peering into her grandmother’s face Kokum hadn’t looked this old six years ago Her cheeks still pushed up against her eyes when she smiled She did seem a bit shorter though or maybe it was because 1
