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Dandelion  Cover Image Book Book

Dandelion / Jamie Chai Yun Liew.

Summary:

"When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is nonetheless stubbornly silent to her questioning. But eventually, an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781551528816 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 262 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022]
Subject: Absentee mothers > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Motherhood > Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Fiction.
Social isolation > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Topic Heading: Canada Reads 2025
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Available copies

  • 6 of 28 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Invermere Public Library.

Holds

  • 28 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Invermere Public Library FIC LIE (Text) IPL062921 Adult Fiction Volume hold On holds shelf -


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