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Dandelion / Jamie Chai Yun Liew.

Summary:

"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."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781551528816 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 262 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022]
Subject: Absentee mothers > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Motherhood > Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Fiction.
Social isolation > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 0 of 3 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch FIC Liew 31681010405058 FICTIONPBK Checked out 08/15/2025
Lakeshore Branch FIC Liew 31681010405041 FICTIONPBK On holds shelf -
Stroud Branch FIC Liew 31681010405066 FICTIONPBK In transit -


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