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Denison Avenue
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ISBN10: 177041715X
ISBN13: 9781770417151
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: May 2 2023
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Awards: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
ISBN13: 9781770417151
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: May 2 2023
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Awards: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Shortlisted for 2024 Canada Reads
Finalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association
Finalist for the 2023 Foreword Indies Award, Adult Fiction
Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, 2024
Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards, 2023 A beautiful book that shares stories of love and loss. -- Matty Matheson, celebrity chef and star of the hit television show The Bear A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable.
Finalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association
Finalist for the 2023 Foreword Indies Award, Adult Fiction
Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, 2024
Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards, 2023 A beautiful book that shares stories of love and loss. -- Matty Matheson, celebrity chef and star of the hit television show The Bear A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable.
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