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• Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

  Bo-reum, Hwang,

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  A feel-good reflective book about books. After divorcing her husband and quitting her job, Yeong-Ju builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.

• The Riveter

  a Novel

  Wang, Jack, 1972-

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  As Chinese Canadians are barred from joining the army, Josiah Chang finds work in the shipyard. Determined to prove himself to the woman he loves (and her family), he heads east and enlists in Toronto for a parachute battalion.

• Adam & Evie's Matchmaking

  a Novel

  Nguyen, Nora

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  A feel-good romance that finds Evie travelling to Vietnam for a matchmaking tour to fulfil her aunt's condition for inheritance.

• We Do Not Part

  a Novel

  Han, Kang, 1970-

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  A lyrical magical realist novel, Han delves into Korea's historical traumas through the story of a writer who discovers how her friend's family was impacted by the 1948--1949 Jeju Massacre.

• Homeseeking

  a Novel

  Chen, Karissa

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  Debut author Chen brings to life more than 60 years of Chinese history through the tale of childhood sweethearts separated by war and reunited decades later in America

• Reuniting With Strangers

  a Novel

  Austria-Bonifacio, Jennilee

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  This unforgettable novel follows the reunification of Filipino caregiver families over one Canadian winter

• The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse

  a Memoir

  Nguyen, Vinh (Associate professor),

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  The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse is the intricate exploration of a searching mind. By returning to the past, Nguyen sheds light on the psyche of a grieving person who chases certainty and seeks resolution.

• The Museum of Failures

  a Novel

  Umrigar, Thrity N.

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  In this reflective novel, Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his mother with him. He has now returned to Bombay to adopt a baby--and to see his elderly mother for the first time in several years.

• The Book of Everlasting Things

  a Novel

  Malhotra, Aanchal

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  A sweeping historical fiction of forbidden love when a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition.

• A Great Country

  a Novel

  Gowda, Shilpi Somaya

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  A suspenseful fast-paced story from Canadain Gowda. A12-year old boy is arrested. The fallout from that event will shake each family member's perception of themselves as individuals, as community members, as Americans, and will lead each to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Em

  Thúy, Kim

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  Through the linked destinies of a number of characters, the novel takes its inspiration from historical events, including Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975, and the impressive growth of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mansions of the Moon

  Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-

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  Shyam Selvadurai introduces us to Siddhartha Gautama--who will later becomes the Buddha--an unusually bright and politically astute young man settling into his upper-caste life as a newlywed to Yasodhara, a woman of great intelligence and spirit.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

  Nawaz, Zarqa

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  "Little Mosque on the Prairie" brought Zarqa's own laugh-out-loud take on her everyday culture clash to viewers around the world. And now, in "Laughing All the Way to the Mosque", she tells the sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging, always funny…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pachinko

  Lee, Min Jin

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  Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sari, Not Sari

  a Novel

  Singh, Sonya (Sonya K.)

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  This debut rom-com follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots and introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a veritable feast of food, family traditions, and fun.

• My Mother, My Translator

  a Memoir

  Singh, Jaspreet, 1969-

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  Tracing the men and especially the women of his family from the 1918 pandemic through the calamitous events of Partition, My Mother, My Translator takes us through Singh's childhood in Kashmir and with his grandparents in Indian Punjab to his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Convergence of Solitudes

  a Novel

  Anand, Anita, 1962-

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  A Convergence of Solitudes shares the lives of two families across Partition of India, Operation Babylift in Vietnam, and two referendums in Quebec.

• The Circus Train

  a Novel

  Parikh, Amita

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  Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times.

• Beast at Every Threshold

  Wee, Natalie

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  Beguiling and deeply imagined, Wee’s poems explore thresholds of marginality, queerness, immigration, nationhood, and reinvention of the self through myth.

• Kamila Knows Best

  Heron, Farah

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  In the tradition of "Emma" by Jane Austen and "Clueless" comes the story of Kamila. Kamila has a pretty comfortable life and enjoys matchmaking friends, but when her nemesis comes to town with eyes on longtime family friend Rohan, it may be time for…Read moreRead more of this annotation