The Fire Still Burns by Elder Sam George

A story of survival, recovery, and redemption, of facing past trauma to rebuild a life and a future.

Created by the Government of Northwest Territories

From the publisher's website.

Squamish Elder Sam George bares his soul in a new memoir of his life before and after residential school. The Fire Still Burns launches in North Vancouver on June 3, 2023. Elizabeth McSheffrey reports.

In 'The Fire Still Burns,' Sam George recounts his residential school experience and how it led to a life of addiction, violence and imprisonment

Sam George is unsparing in his accounts of the years lost to drugs and alcohol, and the damage he did to people close to him.

Good memoir writing seeks to reveal the truth of someone's lived experience. Bringing a lifetime of stories alive and crafting them into a compelling narrative requires patience, empathy and willingness on the part of the subjects to truly reveal themselves through an honest lens.

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