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In her debut memoir, Altman crafts a moving narrative representative of a cekpa, the Lakota word for the beaded umbilical-cord amulet traditionally given to Indigenous children. Here, the cekpa becomes a metaphor for a tapestry of stories passed from mother to child, a fragile but vital link connecting generations across the ruptures of trauma, addiction, and adoption. Told in nonlinear essays written in forms ranging from poetic reflection to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More