Tara Lee Morin is a

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writer, who was a finalist for the 2013 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature for her book ''As I Remember It''. Born in a remote

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community in northern

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to a teenage mother, Morin was removed by social services authorities from her birth home and spent her childhood growing up in a series of

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s."Book Review: Inside look at foster care"
''Anishinabek News'', March 19, 2014. As an adolescent she struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and was involved in both criminal activity and prostitution. ''As I Remember It'', her first published book, is a memoir of both her struggles and her experience rebuilding her life in a more positive and healthy direction. It was first published in 2011 by Theytus Books, a

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-based publisher of First Nations literature. Morin has also written poetry."After the UN Rapporteur's Visit: A look at two special books"
''Open Book Toronto'', October 25, 2013.

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