The jade peony : a novel

Choy, Wayson 1939-2019 (author.).

Summary: "Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and '40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781550544688
ISBN: 1550544683
ISBN: 9781550544688
ISBN: 1550544683
Physical Description: print
238 pages ; 23 cm.
278 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [1995].
Copyright: ©1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Selected for the "One Book, One Vancouver", 2002. Selected for Canada Reads, 2010. There are two versions of this book that share an ISBN, but have different page counts and sizes. The 20 cm version includes a reading group guide.
Awards Note:	Winner, 1995 Trillium Book Award. Winner, 1995 City of Vancouver Book Award.