Western Red Cedar

She woke in a new home

From the creation of day and night and the Sun and the Moon

Murphy tells the story of the grove that

At age twenty-eight

Open House Swinomish Western Red CedarHoping to snag their perfect home in a red hot housing market, an African Canadian man, a Chinese Canadian man, and a Jewish Indigenous lesbian couple show up to an open house run by a white settler real estate agent. Each potential buyer feels most deserving of the prize. When a police incident outside traps them together in the house, debate erupts over which of their cultures has faced the most discrimination and exclusion. Passions run high and