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PublisherRandom House of Canada

ISBN-100307361241

ISBN-139780307361240

eBay Product ID (ePID)201658128

Product Key Features

Book TitleLives of the Family : Stories of Fate and Circumstance

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicCanada / General, Cultural Heritage, Emigration & Immigration, Asia / China

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorDenise Chong

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for The Concubine's Children : "Beautiful, haunting and wise, it lingers in the mind like a portrait one returns to in a family album and elicits the same mysterious response of love, melancholy and pride." --The New York Times Book Review Praise for The Girl in the Picture : "Denise Chong's story of Kim's life, both before and after that decisive click of the camera shutter, is masterly. It is not only a fascinating account of everyday life in South Vietnam, but a crisply informative analysis of the social, political and economic structures of Indochina. Chong draws every strand of the story together so skillfully and excitingly that her book reads like the best kind of novel--both moving and startling." --The Times Literary Supplement Praise for Egg on Mao : "Exquisite.... This is a gem of a book, strong in its treatment of substance, superb in its expression." --Winnipeg Free Press, Praise for The Lives of the Family : "The stories are powerful, poignant and personal, but they are also microcosms of the immigrant experience in this country of immigrants." The Vancouver Sun "True stories that have the resonance and substance of fiction." Toronto Star "Chong seamlessly conveys an enormous amount of historical information in compelling narrative tales. Bravo." The Georgia Straight

Dewey Decimal971.3/84004951

SynopsisInternational 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberF1035.C5