![]() “I had probably one of the most spectacular childhoods in the entire history of childhoods on this planet,” Highway said. Born the eleventh of twelve children in a caribou-hunting Cree family, he experienced “laughter, kindness, wisdom and beauty,” he said. Highway writes to honour his late brother Rene, a world-renowned dancer, and in the spirit of his final words: “Don’t mourn me, be joyful.” He also writes to celebrate his parents for giving him an “idyllic life.” The memoir sweeps readers along from his birth in a snowbank on an island in the sub-Arctic, to his last ride home from residential school in a bush-plane. Laughter has been part of Highway’s life since his childhood, a cherished time the renowned playwright and concert pianist recalls in his latest release, Permanent Astonishment. I am servant number three.”įor a man who laughs a hundred times a day, he was well on his way. “No, this is his servant,” Highway said in a trickster, mocking tone. With a fit of giggles, he continued. ![]() The joking began the instant Tomson Highway, BMus’75, LLD’93, picked up the phone.
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