Iskocēs Tipiskak: A Spark in the Dark by John Langan (Review)

*I received a copy of this book for my honest review*





About Book

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, John Langan, starts from the bottom in life, losing his father to suicide and step-dad to drugs. John overcomes blatant racism, poverty, violence, alcohol, and a drug environment by holding his cultural identity close to him while still losing so much, but gaining life and love in the darkness keeping his spark burning for others in hopes of building a bigger fire.


About the Author
John Langan is a Saulteaux/Cree indigenous man from Keeseekoose First Nation, Saskatchewan. A graduate of the Indigenous Justice and Criminology Program at the Universityq of Saskatchewan. John continues to apply his skills to his now full time job as a police constable whilst still serving his country with the Canadian Armed Forces part time. John's unique upbringing has helped him bring a unique perspectice to both his public service, and service to his country. On top of everything, John continues to carry on his people's culture by practicing and continuing ceremony.


MY THOUGHTS


Yes, I know this isn't something I would usually read but this book sounded like it's something as a Canadian I should read. 


At first I had problems reading the book because the first few chapters are difficult to read.  This isn't all puppies and sunshine. It's real-life  that deals with racism violence, poverty and drugs/alcohol so if you have those trigger warnings I think you shouldn't read this book but I think everyone else should read this because  Iskocēs Tipiskak: A Spark in the Dark is such an eye-opener to the  Indigenous culture. 


I do highly recommend this book. 


I give this 5 out of 5. 


You can now purchase Iskocēs Tipiskak: A Spark in the Dark by John Langan at: 

Amazon.com, Amazon.ca


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