Scarborough : a novel / Catherine Hernandez.
Material type: TextPublisher: Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Description: 258 pages ; 21 cm pbkContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781551526775
- 1551526778
- FIC HER 23
- PR9199.4.H468 S23 2017
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Fiction pbk | Shelburne Public Library | Fiction | FIC HER | Available | 41579165 |
"Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighbourhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner-city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighbourhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education. And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a gay Filipino boy who lives under the shadow of his father's mental illness; Sylvie, Bing's best friend, a Native girl whose family struggles to find a permanent home to live in; and Laura, whose history of neglect by her mother is destined to repeat itself with her father."-- Provided by publisher.
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