Junie

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Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver’s former Hogan’s Alley neighb

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  • Author: Knight, Chelene
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 334
  • Publish Date: September 13 2022
  • ISBN10: 1771667680
  • Language: English

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Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver’s former Hogan’s Alley neighbourhood.

1930s, Hogan’s Alley–a thriving Black and immigrant community located in Vancouver’s East End. Junie is a creative, observant child who moves to the alley with her mother, Maddie: a jazz singer with a growing alcohol dependency. Junie quickly makes meaningful relationships with two mentors and a girl her own age, Estelle, whose resilient and entrepreneurial mother is grappling with white scrutiny and the fact that she never really wanted a child.

As Junie finds adulthood, exploring her artistic talents and burgeoning sexuality, her mother sinks further into the bottle while the thriving neighbourhood–once gushing with potential–begins to change. As her world opens, Junie intuits the opposite for the community she loves.

Told through the fascinating lens of a bright woman in an oft-disquieting world, this book is intimate and urgent–not just an unflinching look at the destruction of a vibrant community, but a celebration of the Black lives within.

Author: Chelene Knight
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Book*hug Press
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 334
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781771667685
Language: English

Author

Knight, Chelene

Binding

ISBN10

1771667680

ISBN13

9.78177E+12

Page Count

334

Published Date

September 13 2022

Language

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