On the contrary, the first and penultimate chapters named “Indian Condition” remind the reader that this story’s topics are cyclical and never ending.
Heart Berries is not the success story of a First Nations woman fighting mental illness and resulting victorious - a great mother, talented writer and balanced wife. The words were conjurers, and ideas were our mothers” (105). It is the story of love, and loss, but most of all it is a story about storytelling. Heart Berries is Mailhot’s debut memoir told in a cyclical narrative touching upon her experience as a writer, mother, mental health patient, and partner all informed by her identity as a First Nations Canadian living in the U.S. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot is like balloons filled with paint exploding against a white canvas - c. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (Counterpoint 2019)
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