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Dandelion [electronic resource] :
Record details
- ISBN: 9781551528823
- Publisher: [S.l.]: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022.
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| Target Audience Note: | General adult. |
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| Subject: | Literary > FICTION Contemporary Women > FICTION Asian American > FICTION |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award winner: an Asian woman traces her motherâs past journey in order to learn who she really is and where she belongs. - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
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; Lilyâs previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Asia. Years later, still affected by Swee Huaâs disappearance, Lilyâs 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 Writersâ 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.
