| Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate & Circumstance Contributor(s): Chong, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307361241 ISBN-13: 9780307361240 Publisher: Vintage Books Canada OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Locality - Ottawa/Hull, Ontario/Quebec - Geographic Orientation - Quebec - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: International bestselling author of The Concubine's Children, Denise Chong returns to the subject of her most beloved book, the lives and times of Canada's early Chinese families. In 2011, Denise Chong set out to collect the history of the earliest Chinese settlers in and around Ottawa, who made their homes far from any major Chinatown. Many would open cafes, establishments that once dotted the landscape across the country and were a monument to small-town Canada. This generation of Chinese immigrants lived at the intersection of the Exclusion Act in Canada, which divided families between here and China, and 2 momentous upheavals in China: the Japanese invasion and war-time occupation; and the victory of the Communists, which ultimately led these settlers to sever ties with China. This book of overlapping stories explores the trajectory of a universal immigrant experience, one of looking in the rear view mirror while at the same time, travelling toward an uncertain future. Intimate, haunting and powerful, Lives of the Family reveals the immigrant's tenacity in adapting to a new world. |