Her debut essay collection navigates the deeply personal and that which all settlers in Canada and the U.S. should already know—their implication with racism—with depth, wit and never-ending heart. This is not an easy collection to read.

... she tells the impassioned, wrenching story of the mental health crisis within her own family and community.

Elliott's essays...[are] elegantly written, constructed with a fine attention to style while remaining rooted in a profoundly honest, unalloyed anger.

... riveting and haunting.

Having experienced explicit racism, inadequate access to healthy food, and disadvantages in education, Elliott here entwines her personal history with thoughtful, well-researched cultural criticism.

... [a] powerful set of essays.