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• Publisher : D & M Publishers
• File Size : 39,5 Mb
• Release Date : 01 December 2009

Three siblings tell the stories of their very different childhoods in Vancouver's Chinatown before and during World War II.

• Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
• File Size : 55,8 Mb
• Release Date : 24 April 1995

Told through the vivid, intense reminiscences of three children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love

• Publisher : Other Press (NY)
• File Size : 32,6 Mb
• Release Date : 24 April 2024

"Beautifully written….It renders a complex and complete human world, which by the end we have learned to love."—The Boston Book Review Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and

• Publisher : Anchor Canada
• File Size : 30,5 Mb
• Release Date : 28 September 2011

Set in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s, Choy continues the story of the Chen family household, this time narrated by First Son, Kiam-Kim. We first meet Kiam-Kim at

• Publisher : Penguin Books
• File Size : 37,5 Mb
• Release Date : 24 April 2024

In 1995, during the publicity tour for his much-acclaimed first novel, "The Jade Peony," Wayson Choy received a mysterious phone call from a woman claiming to have just seen his mother

• Publisher : Doubleday Canada
• File Size : 38,5 Mb
• Release Date : 29 May 2009

Framed by Wayson Choy’s two brushes with death, Not Yet is an intimate and insightful study of one man’s reasons for living. In 2001, Wayson Choy suffered a combined

• Publisher : Another World Press
• File Size : 21,8 Mb
• Release Date : 08 April 2022

It starts with an itch you just can't shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you'll be blabbing your secrets and chatting

• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• File Size : 39,9 Mb
• Release Date : 24 April 2018

From the bestselling author of A Desperate Fortune and The Firebird, comes an entrancing new novel of love, war, and historical intrigue. Some houses seem to want to hold their

• Publisher : Annick Press
• File Size : 28,8 Mb
• Release Date : 04 May 2018

Even Joshua Bell makes mistakes, but there is always a second chance. As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 54,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 2013

Peony - A vibrant and beautiful girl raised in China by her widower father. He taught her reading, calligraphy, painting and kung fu. At age four, she resisted foot-binding. At 16,