{"product_id":"lives-of-the-family-isbn-9780307361240","title":"Lives of the Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eInternational bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Concubine's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, Denise Chong returns to the subject of her most beloved book, the lives and times of Canada's early Chinese families.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     In 2011, Denise Chong set out to collect the history of the earliest Chinese settlers in and around Ottawa, who made their homes far from any major Chinatown. Many would open cafes, establishments that once dotted the landscape across the country and were a monument to small-town Canada. This generation of Chinese immigrants lived at the intersection of the Exclusion Act in Canada, which divided families between here and China, and 2 momentous upheavals in China: the Japanese invasion and war-time occupation; and the victory of the Communists, which ultimately led these settlers to sever ties with China.\u003cbr\u003e     This book of overlapping stories explores the trajectory of a universal immigrant experience, one of looking in the rear view mirror while at the same time, travelling toward an uncertain future. Intimate, haunting and powerful, \u003ci\u003eLives of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the immigrant's tenacity in adapting to a new world.\"The stories are powerful, poignant and personal, but they are also microcosms of the immigrant experience in this country of immigrants.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chong constructs a moving, well-researched . . . view, with windows that open periodically in different places and times, allowing the reader a glimpse of transpacific family life.\" —\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"True stories that have the resonance and substance of fiction.\"\u003ci\u003e —Toronto Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chong seamlessly conveys an enormous amount of historical information in compelling narrative tales. Bravo.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Straight\u003c\/i\u003eDENISE CHONG is the author of the family memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Concubine's Children\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of the napalm girl from the Vietnam War; and \u003ci\u003eEgg on Mao\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrayal of human rights in China. She worked in the Department of Finance and was the senior economic advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 2013, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She lives with her family in Ottawa.","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300277899493,"sku":"NP9780307361240","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307361240.jpg?v=1767731583","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lives-of-the-family-isbn-9780307361240","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}