Can you see any motifs through the story?

Throughout the novel, the main characters share what are called coming-to stories. There are narratives about how each character escaped persecutors and came to live in the bush with the rest of the group. They are also decisive stories about loss, trauma, and survival, in which each character loses what is most important to them. This loss and the experience of violence mark each character forever. Yet through great struggle and persistence, they survive, forming a new, found family and coming to be who they are today. It is important to note Miig’s insistence that each person choose themselves when to tell their coming-to story, since “everyone’s creation story is their own.”