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| Title Statement | Home of the floating lily: stories / Silmy Abdullah. |
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| Author | Abdullah, Silmy, 1984- |
| Publication | ©2021Toronto: Dundurn Press,[2021] |
| Extent of Item | 201 pages |
| ISBN | 9781459748170 (pbk.) 1459748174 (pbk.) |
| Other Number | 3988215 |
| General Notes | Short stories. |
| Contents | A good family -- A secret affair -- Across the ocean -- All the adjustments -- Familiar journey -- The middle path -- Reflection -- Home of the floating lily. |
| Summary | Eight short stories that follow the lives of immigrant families from a Bengali neighbourhood in Toronto as they navigate the complexities of migration, displacement, love, friendship, and family conflict. A young woman moves to Toronto after getting married but soon discovers her husband is not who she believes him to be. A mother reconciles her heartbreak when her sons defy her expectations and choose their own paths in life. A lonely international student returns to Bangladesh and forms an unexpected bond with her domestic helper. A working-class woman, caught between her love for Bangladesh and her determination to raise her daughter in Canada, makes a decision after a dark secret from the past is revealed. In each of the stories, characters embark on difficult journeys in the search of love, dignity, and a sense of belonging. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Interpersonal relations--Fiction |
| Families--Fiction | |
| Bengali (South Asian people)--Fiction--Canada | |
| By Location | Bangladesh--Fiction |
| Toronto (Ont.)--Fiction | |
