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• The Hunger We Pass Down

  Lee, Jen Sookfong

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  Overwhelmed single mother Alice Chow is bewildered when unseen forces begin completing her chores, granting her rare peace—but as she reconnects with her children and her mother’s buried wartime past, she must confront a haunting legacy that refuses…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Peacocks of Instagram

  Stories

  Rajagopalan, Deepa

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  An underappreciated coffee shop server haunted by her past attracts thousands of followers on social media with her peacock jewellery. A hotel housekeeper up against a world of gender and class inequity quietly gets revenge on her chauvinist boss.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pick a Colour

  a Novel

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978-

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  A revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labour, and class. An intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don't even know her true name. (Goodreads) #literary

• Huddud's House

  ʻAzzām, Fādī, 1973-

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  When tyranny unleashes destructive forces that threaten to overwhelm a country, what are the effects on the lives and choices of ordinary humans? When citizens become inhabitants of a land of extremes, what do they do, to whom do they flee?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Magdaragat

  An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing

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  The forty-three contributors to this anthology provide their singular yet universally resonating insights through stories of new homes and old homelands, of untangling internalized racism and championing solidarity, of the chasms within…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Place Kills Me

  a Graphic Novel

  Tamaki, Mariko

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  At Wilberton Academy, few students are more revered than the members of the elite Wilberton Theatrical Society--a.k.a. the WTS--and no one represents that exclusive club better than Elizabeth Woodward. Breathtakingly beautiful, beloved by all, and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Songs for the Brokenhearted

  a Novel

  Tsabari, Ayelet, 1973-

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  When her mother dies in 1995, young Yemini Israeli woman, Zohara, gets on a plane to Israel where she finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pleasure of the Text

  Alwani, Sami

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  In The Pleasure of the Text, Sami Alwani weaves together themes of art induced dissociation, queer intergenerational polyamory, racial capitalism and esoteric mystical experiences into twenty slice-of-life comic stories that are equal parts comedy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Things Under the Moon

  a Novel

  Choi, Ann Y. K.,

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  A stunning, evocative tale, set in 1920s Korea, of one seemingly ordinary woman—living under Japanese occupation—who rises from illiterate villager to reluctant revolutionary to one of the voices of her generation. (Goodreads) #literary #historical

• I Am Ariel Sharon

  a Novel

  El-Ghadban, Yara, 1976-

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  Award-winning Palestinian Canadian novelist Yara El-Ghadban imagines the confrontation at death’s door between Ariel Sharon, the “King of Israel,” and the women closest to him--his mother, his wives, and the mysterious nurse Rita. Like latter-day…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sister Seen, Sister Heard

  Eslah, Kimia, 1979-

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  Farah leaves home for independence but is assaulted on campus. As she recovers, her family struggles to support her while respecting her freedom. #literary #coming-of-age

• Happiness Has a Slippery Tail

  a Novel

  Farhoud, Abla, 1945-2021

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  This novel paints the portrait of a Lebanese family that has settled in Montreal. The central figure is Dounia, a 75-year-old mother and grandmother. Hers is a story of loss—she first leaves her own village to live in her husband’s hometown, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

  a Novel

  Fu, Kim

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  In the aftermath of her mother's death, Eleanor is unmoored. For years, her mother orchestrated every detail of her life--from meals to finances--so that Eleanor could focus on her career as a therapist. Left to navigate the world on her own,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unravelling of Ou

  Ghadery, Hollay

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  On what should be one of the happiest days ever, the day her granddaughter is born, Minoo is faced with a terrible choice: make a clean break from her constant companion, a sock puppet named Ecology Paul, or lose her daughter and granddaughter, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stray Dogs

  and Other Stories

  Hage, Rawi

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  Stories vividly explore the sometimes shocking ways our fragile modern identities are born, die, and live again in our fragmented, globalized world. In Montreal, a photographer's surprise encounter with Sophia Loren leads to a revelation about his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Behind You

  a Novel

  Hernandez, Catherine, 1977-

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  As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a lifetime. (Goodreads) #general-fiction #thriller #lgbtqia

• Behind Five Willows

  Hur, June

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  A warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. (Goodreads) #teen #romance #historical #fantasy

• Buffoon

  Irani, Anosh, 1974-

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  A Clown, a trapeze artist, a love triangle, a one-man tour-de-force performance. Watch as Felix the clown takes you on a journey from cradle to grave. Witness a life of chance haunted by inevitable fate. Marvel at Buffoon, a heartbreaking, tragic,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonlight Murder

  Jalaluddin, Uzma

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  After returning to Toronto, Kausar Khan is drawn into another investigation when Qasim, a young man from her Golden Crescent community and a friend of her granddaughter Maleeha, is found dead. The case echoes the unresolved death of Kausar’s son Ali…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Vanishing

  a Novel

  Kutsukake, Lynne

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  An intimate, explosive story of creativity and friendship between two young Japanese women in 1970s Tokyo. (Goodreads) #historical