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Restaurant kid : a memoir of family and belonging / by Phan, Rachel,author.;
"A warm and poignant narrative about finding one's self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter's attempts to connect with parents who have always been just out of reach. When she was three years old, Rachel Phan met her replacement. Instead of a new sibling, her mother and father's time and attention were suddenly devoted entirely to their new family restaurant. For her parents--whose own families fled China during Japanese occupation and then survived bombs and starvation during the war in Vietnam--it was a dream come true. For Phan, it was something quite different. Overnight, she became a restaurant kid, living on the periphery of her own family and trying her best to stay out of the way. As Phan grew up, the restaurant was the most stalwart and suffocating member of her family. For decades, it's been both their crowning achievement and the origin of so much of their pain and suffering: screaming matches complete with smashed dishes; bodies worn down by long hours and repetitive strain; and tenuous relationships where the family loved one another deeply without ever really knowing each other. In Restaurant Kid, Phan seeks to examine the way her life has been shaped by the rigid boxes placed around her. She had to be a "good daughter," never asking questions, always being grateful. She had to be a "real Canadian," watching hockey and speaking English so flawlessly that her tongue has since forgotten how to contort around Cantonese tones. As the only Chinese girl at school, she had to alternate between being the sidekick, geek, or Asian fetish, depending on whose gaze was on her. Now, three decades after their restaurant first opened, Phan's parents are cautiously talking about retirement. As an adult, Phan's "good daughter" role demands something new of her--and a chance to get to know her parents away from the restaurant. In Restaurant Kid, Phan deftly combines candour, wit and insight to craft a vibrant and important narrative on the strength and foibles of family, and how we come to understand ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Phan, Rachel.; Phan, Rachel; Children of immigrants; Restaurateurs; Restaurateurs; Chinese Canadian women;
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Na lʹdu / by Gerasimenko, Anna.; Whitehouse, Ben.;
Subjects: Picture books.; Hockey; Ice skating;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Un truc de ouf! / by Guilbault, Geneviève,1978-; Côté, Manuella,1984-;
Subjects: Sports fiction.; Joueurs de hockey; Hockey; Hockey players; Hockey; French language materials.;
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P.K. Subban / by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna.; Bishop, D. A.(David A.); Groupe Syntagme.;
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Subjects: Subban, P. K., 1989-; Subban, P. K., 1989-; Canadiens de Montréal (Équipe de hockey); Nashville Predators (Équipe de hockey); Montreal Canadiens (Hockey team); Nashville Predators (Hockey team); Joueurs de hockey; Hockey players;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Briser la glace / by Bullaro, Angie.; Payne, C. F.; Allard, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Rhéaume, Manon; Rhéaume, Manon; Joueuses de hockey; Hockey; Women hockey players; Hockey goalkeepers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La couche du monde / by Petit, Richard,1958-; Freg.;
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Subjects: Émojis; Joueurs de hockey; Emojis; Hockey players;
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Hors-jeu / by Punt, Irene,1955-; Steacy, Ken.; Allard, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Hockey; Hockey stories.; Sportivité; Hockey; Sportsmanship; Hockey referees;
© c2010., Éditions Scholastic,
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La patinoire où Pierre joue / by Partheniou Grasso, Stella.; Jones, Christopher(Illustrator); Allard, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Histoires rimées.; Stories in rhyme.; Patinoires couvertes; Patinoires; Joueurs de hockey; Animaux; Hockey arenas; Skating rinks; Hockey players; Animals;
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Le camp des recrues / by Guilbault, Geneviève,1978-;
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Subjects: Récits de hockey.; Hockey stories.; La Puck, Ti-Guy (Personnage fictif); La Puck, Ti-Guy (Fictitious character); Joueurs de hockey; Familles; Élèves du secondaire; Hockey players; Families; High school students;
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Le bâton doré / by Guilbault, Geneviève,1978-;
Subjects: Sports fiction.; Ti-Guy La Puck (Personnage fictif); Joueurs de hockey; Hockey players; Amitié; Friendship; Concours et compétitions; Contests; Détermination (Trait de personnalité); Determination (Personality trait); Persévérance; Persistence; Parents et enfants; Parent and child; French language materials.;
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