A-- As Jessica learns more about Casey, Jamie, and their troubled immigrant Chinese parents, she also unearths dark stories about Donna, whom she had always thought of as the perfect mother. The complicated truths she uncovers force her to take stock of own life. Moving between present and past, this riveting novel unflinchingly examines the myth of social heroism and traces the often-hidden fractures that divide our diverse cities.
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ISBN:9781770909052
ISBN:1770909052
ISBN:9781770909069
ISBN:1770909060
ISBN:9781770412842
ISBN:1770412840
Physical Description:remote 1 online resource
Publisher:Toronto :ECW Press,2016.
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Front Cover; Prologue; Two Thousand and Sixteen; One; Two; Three; Four; Nineteen Eighty-Four to Nineteen Eighty-Eight; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Two Thousand and Sixteen; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Nineteen Forty-Seven to Nineteen Fifty-Nine; Thirteen; Two Thousand and Sixteen; Fourteen; Fifteen; Sixteen; Nineteen Eighty-Eight; Seventeen; Two Thousand and Sixteen; Eighteen; Acknowledgements; Copyright; Back Cover.