One Second at a Time

My Story of Pain and Reclamation

By: Diane Morrisseau

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Paperback | 7 May 2024

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198 Pages

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A deeply personal history of colonialism's effects on an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman who survives a traumatic childhood and eventually escapes domestic violence to find hope and healing.

Bullied and abused at the Fort Alexander Indian Residential day school, Diane Morrisseau fought back and left school at the age of fifteen. Despite her strength, a childhood of trauma and abuse led her into the arms of Edgar Olson, and by sixteen, the young Ojibway-Anishinabe woman had given birth to her first child and married the man who would become her tormentor for the next eighteen years. Her abuser was aided and abetted by the same systems of colonialism that failed to protect Diane during her childhood. Edgar was able to keep Diane and her children trapped in a cycle of violence for years, without being held accountable by law or society. What could have been a chronicle of unrelenting hardship instead becomes the narrative of how Diane found the strength to survive, reclaim her life, and eventually thrive. Today she draws meaning from her painful past, counseling women, children, and men experiencing similarly difficult circumstances.

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"Diane Morrisseau recounts her history with one aim: to help other victims of violence know they are not alone, and that escape is possible. The author's entire career, and this book, testify to her desire to extend to others the hope that eluded her in the depths of her desperate circumstances."-- "The Tyee, featured for Indigenous History Month"
"Diane Morrisseau has overcome a lifetime of abuse, from her time in a residential school to a violent husband of 18 years. The cause of the most trauma remains the colonial systems that maintain oppression and refuse to protect her. In spite of it all, she's been able to use her experiences to help other women heal."-- "Ms. Magazine, selected as one of the most anticipated feminist books of 2024 and a May 2024 "Reads for the Rest of Us""

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