"Cedar speaks. Bones demand the burial and loyalty due to them. Scents unravel memories. A two-headed serpent dislodges itself from a longhouse and wreaks havoc. Stories fiction themselves, have their own mind. Humans trip on the restless past, remember the future. And a shape-shifting mink, witness par excellence, watches it all unfold under its unflinching eye. Lee Maracle's Sto: lo characters re-discover, against all odds, the restoring power of ceremony. Disturbing and heartbreaking, but also uplifting and inspirational, Celia's Song is mind-changing." - Smaro Kamboureli
"If you care about reconciliation and justice in Canada, ferociously beautiful prose and complex, compassionate character development, make time this year to listen to Celia's song." - Vancouver Sun
"In gentle yet powerful prose, Maracle underscores the horrifying impact of the Residential School System, the ongoing problem of suicide, and the loss of tradition that continue to plague First Nations communities." - Quill and Quire
"Lee Maracle is one of Canada's bravest literary voices. She writes with clear-eyed fierceness." - Rover Arts
"Maracle does not shy away from the worst social ills pulling the community apart - suicide, alcoholism, and sexual abuse among them - but she denies the fatalistic view, offering room for hope instead." - The Globe and Mail
"Maracle in no way suggests that the answers to Canada's colonial past are clear, but she tells a fiercely honest and wonderfully compassionate story." - Publishers Weekly
"Reading Lee Maracle's Celia's Song feels like the best breathing I've ever done. It's like finding an unlikely friend who truly recognizes me ... both the content and structure of Celia's Song transcend my limited worldview and expand my experience of humanity." - Winnipeg Review
"The story Maracle tells is one that makes intimate links between personal and cultural renewal, and illuminates the deep value of doing things 'just as her ancestors would have.'" - Now Magazine
"There is no book that I've read that has had such an emotional impact. A stunning achievement. It is one of the absolute best books I've read in years and years." - CBC All in a Day
"Tremendous." - Waubgeshig Rice
"Vividly brings to life the destructive legacy of colonial times -- and a community's capacity for healing." - CBC Books