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Nowhere, exactly : on identity and belonging / by Vassanji, M. G.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.From one of Canada's most celebrated writers, two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, comes a thoughtful meditation on what it means to belong in the world. Home is never a single place, entirely and unequivocally. It is contingent. The abstract "nowhere," then, is the true home. M.G. Vassanji has been exploring the immigrant experience for over three decades, drawing deeply on his own transnational upbringing and intimate understanding of the unique challenges and perspectives born from leaving one's home to resettle in a new land. The question of identity, of how to configure and see oneself within this new land, is one such challenge faced. But Vassanji suggests that a more fundamental and slippery endeavour than establishing one's identity is how, if ever, we can establish a sense of belonging. Can we ever truly belong in this new home? Did we ever truly belong in the home we left? Where exactly do we belong? For many, the answer is nowhere exactly. Combining brilliant prose, thoughtful, candid observation, and a lifetime of exploring how we as individuals are shaped by the places and communities in which we live and the history that haunts them, 'Nowhere, Exactly' examines with exquisite sensitivity the space between identity and belonging, the immigrant experience of both loss and gain, and the weight of memory and nostalgia, guilt and hope felt by so many of those who leave their homes in search of new ones.
Subjects: Belonging (Social psychology); Emigration and immigration; Identity (Psychology); Immigrants;
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Hope ablaze / by Rana, Sarah Mughal,author.;
Eighteen-year-old Nida faces unexpected fame after her critical poem about a politician goes viral and wins a contest she never entered, which leaves Nida unable to write poetry as she struggles with her family's expectations and questions her own desires.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Poetry.; Novels.; Families; Identity (Psychology); Muslims; Family life; Families; Identity; Muslims;
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The pronoun book / by Ayala-Kronos, Chris.; Tirado, Melita.;
A joyous introduction to people and their pronouns.LSC
Subjects: English language; Gender identity;
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Skin again / by hooks, bell,1952-2021.; Raschka, Christopher.;
Describes how skin is just a covering that can't tell the story of who a person is.LSC
Subjects: Human skin color; Identity (Psychology);
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Skin again / by hooks, bell,1952-2021.; Raschka, Christopher.;
Describes how skin is just a covering that can't tell the story of who a person is.All ages.LSC
Subjects: Human skin color; Identity (Psychology);
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I like myself! / by Beaumont, Karen.; Catrow, David.;
A little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Board books.; Self-esteem; Identity (Philosophical concept);
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Made 4 you / by Walters, Eric,1957-;
A new student asks Becky to show him around her school, upending her life. As they grow closer, he reveals a secret that changes Becky's life. Rule of Three author.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Love stories.; Identity (Psychology); Teenagers; Secrecy; Murder;
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The age of hope : a novel / by Bergen, David,1957-;
This beautifully crafted and perceptive work of fiction spans some fifty years of Hope Koop's life in the second half of the 20th century, from traditionalism to feminism and beyond. David Bergen has created an indelible portrait of a seemingly ordinary woman who struggles to accept herself as she is, and in so doing becomes unique.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Family life; Women;
© c2012., HarperCollins Canada,
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An honest lie / by Fisher, Tarryn,author.;
"When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls' weekend in Vegas, she's prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn't come back to the hotel room. And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe's phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really want, and Rainy knows why. What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of life and death. If she wants to save Braithe--and herself--the only way is to step back into the past"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Kidnapping; Mistaken identity;
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Every body [videorecording] / by Cohen, Julie,film director.; Wall, Sean Safia,on-screen participant.; Weigel, Alicia Roth,on-screen participant.; Gallo, River,on-screen participant.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Sean Safia Wall, Alicia Roth Weigel, River Gallo.Every Body tells the stories of three intersex individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they), and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for a greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary surgeries. Woven into the story is a stranger-than-fiction case of medical abuse, featuring exclusive footage from the NBC News archives, which helps explain the modern-day treatment of intersex people.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R, for some language and graphic nude images.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Personal narratives.; Intersex people.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Intersexuality.; Self-acceptance.;
For private home use only.
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