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The Jade Peony

By: Wayson Choy
Narrated by: Sean Sonier, Sharon Lambert
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Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and '40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family.

Wayson Choy's Chinatown is a community of unforgettable individuals who are "neither this nor that," neither entirely Canadian nor Chinese. But with each other's help, they survive hardship and heartbreak with grit and humor.

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There are a number of things going on in this book. On the surface, it's narrated by three very spirited children who will make you love them like great childrens' literature characters-- Ramona Quimby, for example. Beneath the surface is a history of decades of brutality against Asian Canadians. The surface is mostly light and entertaining, but it is constantly studded with intergenerational and gender-based violence. I found it very moving and cried at the end.

Very moving tale of a Chinese family in Vancouver

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