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Title Statement | The better mother / Jen Sookfong Lee. |
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Author | Lee, Jen Sookfong |
Publication | Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2011. |
Extent of Item | 350 p. |
ISBN | 0307399508 9780307399502 |
Other Number | 2165663 |
Summary | Living in Chinatown, young Danny Lim is sent by his father to buy a pack of cigarettes. After losing the money, Danny wanders into a back alley where he runs into Miss Val, a stripper who, touched by the boy's fascination with her, offers him a full pack of cigarettes and her silk belt. Years later, Danny, now a wedding photographer, is driven to find the woman who captured his heart as a little boy. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Photographers--Fiction |
Chinese Canadians--Fiction | |
Families--Fiction | |
Dancers--Fiction | |
Burlesque (Theater)--Fiction | |
Friendship--Fiction | |
Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction | |
By Location | Vancouver (B.C.)--Fiction |