My_People_Myself

My People Myself The book written by Mary Lawrence (1996) called My People Myself is a great story of a native women’s struggle in society. The book does an excellent job of portraying a native women’s life on an Indian reserve in British Colombia. With Mary Lawrence’s real life story the struggles facing natives are brought to the forefront and the truths of growing up as a native Indian are described in the harsh settings of old run down houses. Readers are able to read and see that native Indians have endured great pains over the years at the hands of society and the government. The struggles that are depicted in Mary Lawrence’s book are in regards to physical abuse and drug abuse. In addition the author discusses sexual abuse. The book My people, myself talks about the authors struggles with drug, alcohol, and prescription pill addiction. The book goes into great detail in describing the cycles of these drugs and the methods of using and selling drugs. Mary Lawrence also discusses t! he problems she faced regarding social relationships. These relationships were with her male partners, family members and friends. The author of My people, myself my, people, myself, mary, mother, book, abuse, mary’s, think, schools, life, indian, house, home, very, residential, became, years, struggles, native, family, being, alcohol, started, same, people, children, behaviour, young, time, social, sister, school, reserve, left, lawrence’s, john, job, forced, eventually, drinking, because, after, according, story, society, problems, older, old, men, lived, lawrence, just