![]() Or rather-it was so oversimplified that it did not prepare me for the beautiful and devastating journey I was about to embark on. The blurb that promised a story woven around myth and a girl dealing with trauma and pregnancy in rural Nunavut during the 1970s had me pulling out my wallet. A flip through at the combination of poetry, prose and illustrations made my interest keener. I was browsing a small bookstore in Whistler, British Columbia last winter when I spotted the cover faced out on the shelf: the forbidding white fox against the black background. I didn’t know what to expect when I picked up Split Tooth by Inuk author Tanya Tagaq. ![]() Content Warning: Sexual abuse, rape, substance use ![]()
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