{"product_id":"beginnings-the-homeward-journey-of-donovan-manypenny-paperback","title":"Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas D. Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Donovan Manypenny. Raised by his grandparents on a northern Wisconsin Ojibwe reservation until their passing when he is ten years old, he becomes a ward of the state of Wisconsin and enters the child welfare system - foster care, children's home, and adoption. The trauma he experiences as a result of losing his grandparents and way of life leads him to put his past behind him for over forty-three years. Then at the age of fifty-three, events in his life take him back to his childhood home, retracing the historical westward migration of his Ojibwe ancestors. Heartfelt and bittersweet, and layered with meaning, \u003cem\u003eBeginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny\u003c\/em\u003e will resonate with anyone who longs to make the journey home, wherever that may be, as well those who seek or have experienced cultural or spiritual awakening, and healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas D. Peacock is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior (Anishinaabe Ojibwe). Several of his books (\u003cem\u003eOjibwe Waasa Inaabida, The Good Path\u003c\/em\u003e) were Minnesota Book Award winners. \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Generation\u003c\/em\u003e won a national Multicultural Children's Book of the Year award. Other books include \u003cem\u003eA Forever Story, Collected Wisdom, The Tao of Nookomis, The Four Hills of Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo Be Free\u003c\/em\u003e. An illustrated children's book, \u003cem\u003eThe Forever Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, will be released in 2019. He lives with his wife, Betsy, in Little Sand Bay, Red Cliff, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384146935986,"sku":"9780998601052","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7cb29affd778e1f02f8f0da77f73196c.webp?v=1777877486","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/beginnings-the-homeward-journey-of-donovan-manypenny-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}