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Junie : a novel Cover Image Book Book

Junie : a novel

Knight, Chelene 1981- (author.).

Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 1771667680 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781771667685 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 331 pages ; 21 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Book*hug Press, 2022.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0

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Subject: Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Women, Black -- Fiction
African American women -- Fiction
Singers -- Fiction
Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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