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Dandelion
Liew, Jamie Chai Yun, author.
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Arsenal Pulp Press, |
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[2022] |
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262 pages : |
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9781551528816 |
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1 copy available at NorQuest College Library.
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Dandelion
Liew, Jamie Chai Yun, author.
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Liew, Jamie Chai Yun, author.
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Dandelion / Jamie Chai Yun Liew.
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Publication:
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Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022]
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Copyright date:
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©2022
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Physical description:
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262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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text txt
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still image sti
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unmediated n
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volume nc
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Subject term:
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Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
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Asians--Canada--British Columbia--Fiction.
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Canadian fiction--21st century.
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Canadian fiction--Women authors.
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Canadian fiction--Asian authors.
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Secrets de famille--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Mères et filles--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Asians. fast
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Canadian fiction. fast
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Canadian fiction--Women authors. fast
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Family secrets. fast
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Mothers and daughters. fast
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Family secrets--Fiction.
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Geographic term:
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British Columbia--Fiction.
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Geographic term:
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British Columbia. fast
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Genre index term:
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Fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Novels.
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Summary:
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"Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award winner: an Asian woman traces her mother's past journey in order to learn who she really is and where she belongs. When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is nonetheless stubbornly silent to her questioning. But eventually, an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth. Winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award from the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, Dandelion is a beautifully written and affecting novel about motherhood, family secrets, migration, isolation, and mental illness. With clarity and care, it delves into the many ways we define home, identity, and above all, belonging."--
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ISBN:
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9781551528816 paperback
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ISBN:
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1551528819 paperback
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10034726
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