Tracey Lindberg Birdie Analysis

Tracey Lindbergs 2015 fiction novel Birdie is set in Northern Alberta and in Gibsons B.C. The main character, Bernice is a Cree woman who was born and spent her childhood on a reserve in northern Alberta. From there, she is sent to a Christian school, foster care, and a psychiatric hospital, and eventually ends up living on the streets of Edmonton, Alta. Finally, she moves from Alberta to Gibsons, B.C., ostensibly in hopes of meeting a native actor whom she idolized as a teen.I would highly recommend it to anyone reading this review. Although I wouldn’t call it a weakness, some readers might find this story a bit “off.” In the story Bernice struggles from begins to deal with the emotional and sexual abuse she endured as a child as well as