This is the personal memoir of David Crow, who recounts his life on a Navajo Reservation. Life on a reservation is hard enough without living in a home filled with abuse and lies. I cannot imagine how hard that life is on a child. I am really proud of the author of this book for making good choices to make a better life for himself. It is not an easy thing to do, especially when you are set up for failure from the word go. I enjoyed reading along on this journey.

I bought this book for the sole purpose of supporting Indigenous artists and authors. I bought several books like this after listening to the Kuper Island podcast (available on Spotify, highly recommend). The stereotype is perpetrated throughout North America that Indigenous people, particularly men, are abusive drunks. I think it is extremely, extremely important for people to understand that infrastructure on reservations is subpar at best. These reservations are food deserts, and real deserts. This land was set aside because it was undesirable land for "undesirable" people. Education and medical care is abysmal. The government set Indigenous people up to suffer and keep success out of reach for so many. It is incredibly hard for people who have generational trauma, generational abuse, and generational addiction issues to escape this cycle. On top of that, Indigenous women go missing at an alarming rate and find themselves the victims of sexual crimes in higher numbers than white counterparts. Please keep this in mind, especially in our current disgusting and hate filled climate. Indigenous people are human beings who have been the victims of cultural genocide, sex crimes, murder, and racism. It is disgusting that Indigenous people are still being treated like this in 2025 when people should know how to be decent human beings.