Red River Girl
A Journey into the Dark Heart of Canada - The International Bestseller
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2019
Summary
Longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, the detective determined to find her killer, and a country’s hidden secrets.
On 17 August 2014, the body of fifteen-year-old Indigenous runaway Tina Fontaine was found weighted down in the Red River in the Canadian city of Winnipeg.
The loss of Tina was a tragedy for her family and for the Indigenous communi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349010991 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349010994 |
| Author: | Joanna Jolly |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
With exacting detail, BBC reporter Joanna Jolly recounts Tina’s sometimes tragic life story, her shocking death, the complex police investigation and the detective determined to find her killer. If you were hooked on the Serial podcast, then you need to pre-order this now. - Red Magazine
Joanna Jolly recreates Tina’s life and the investigation into her death. It starkly assesses the lack of protection and child services for indigenous children and reveals the sexual exploitation of a community in a country that prides itself on its liberal and supportive values - StylistThis is a really important book to read … Jolly’s skill is to show that this is a deeply embedded problem … But she presents all this detailed information in a way to keep you reading, because she is fully aware behind all the problems there are people - people who are important and deserve considerably more. All intelligent adults should read this book to become aware of the depth of the problem and the need to do more. This might be concentrating on Canada, but similar levels of violence and abuse can develop in communities all over the world if regular and respectful communities are allowed to collapse. - NB MagazineAbout The Author
Joanna Jolly
Joanna Jolly is an award-winning BBC reporter based in London. She began her journalism career at the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, moving on from there to freelance in India and Australia before covering the fight for independence in East Timor. Over the past decade, she’s worked as a BBC producer and reporter in Jerusalem, South Africa, Brussels, Washington, and India as well as spending two years as the BBC correspondent in Kathmandu, Nepal. During that time Jolly specialized in stories of sexual violence against women. In 2016, she earned a prestigious Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Jolly has won several awards, including the 2007 BBC Onassis Bursary. In 2014, she won the Association of International Broadcaster’s best RADIO current affairs documentary award for her in-depth look at the prosecution of rape in India. In 2015, her documentary on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada won the Amnesty Award for best radio. In 2017, she was awarded a Judges’ Special Commendation at the RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction. Red River Girl is her first book.
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