The Reason You Walk: A Memoir

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When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who d raised him. The Reason You Walk spans the year 2012, chronicling painful moments in the past and celebrating renewed hopes and dreams for the future.

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#1Globe and Mail Nonfiction Bestseller
AToronto Star Nonfiction Bestseller
Finalist for the RBC Taylor Prize
Shortlisted for the Ontario Library Service North 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction

Witness the thrilling rise of not only a First Nations star but a Canadian one. The Reason You Walk points the way toward a new era of reconciliation and redemption - and shows us how a man who's anchored by his language, his culture and his family is unstoppable.Joseph Boyden, author of The Orenda

"Brutally honest, original, funny, uncomfortable, and compelling. RBC Taylor Prize Jury Citation

This book combines Kinews disarming personality and his willingness to share highly personal material in this case, the life and death of his father, Tobasonakwut to demonstrate the immense power of family and forgiveness as tools of reconciliation This is not just a memoir, its a meditation on the purpose of living. The Globe and Mail

His story has no filters. It pursues forgiveness, but not by running away from the ugliness that makes forgiveness necessary. Quill & Quire

Author Bio

Wab Kinew (pron- WOB ka-NOO) is a one-of-a-kind talent, named by the National Post as "an aboriginal leader seeking to engage with Canadians at large". He is the Associate Vice-President for Indigenous Relations at The University of Winnipeg. In 2014, Wab successfully defended Joseph Boyden's The Orenda on CBC's Canada Reads literary competition. In 2012, he hosted the acclaimed documentary series 8th Fire. His hip-hop music and journalism projects have won numerous awards. He has a BA in Economics, is completing a Masters degree in Indigenous Governance and is a member of the Midewin. Wab is also an Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.