Kp Rogers

Behind the Smile Kp Rogers

In this emotionally hard-hitting book, KP Rogers weaves a vivid and compelling record of Métis children taken from their family like a "litter of unwanted kittens" and raised in a cold, abusive foster home. She shares the terrifying memories of being separated from her mother and then her siblings, and the life-long struggle to heal from the effects of diverse and perpetual abuses and trauma of foster care. All around these children, people knew much of what was happening to them - why did no one blow the whistle? Why were the known events never investigated by Child Welfare, to protect these children?KP Rogers exposes a malevolent truth of the Canadian Child Welfare system in what is now known as the Sixties Scoop. She reveals a dark story with a bright ending of repatriation to family and cultural roots, and personal triumph over adversity. Behind the Smile is a tribute to the tens of thousands of Sixties Scoop survivors, and the affected families of the Metis Nation, the Inuit, and the First Nations. It is a testament of the resilience of the human spirit to overcome adversity and early childhood trauma.