Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

CANADA READS RUNNER-UP, 2022

NOW A MOTION PICTURE directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson; screenplay by Catherine Hernandez

Trillium Book Award and City of Toronto Book Award finalist; Edmund White Debut Fiction Award finalist; A Globe 100, National Post and Quill and Quire Best Book of the Year

Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighbourhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner-city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighbourhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education.

And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a gay Filipino boy who lives under the shadow of his father's mental illness; Sylvie, Bing's best friend, a Native girl whose family struggles to find a permanent home to live in; and Laura, whose history of neglect by her mother is destined to repeat itself with her father.

Scarborough offers a raw yet empathetic glimpse into a troubled community that locates its dignity in unexpected places: a neighbourhood that refuses to be undone.

Catherine Hernandez is an award-winning author and the artistic director of b current performing arts. Her plays include The Femme Playlist, Singkil, Eating with Lola, Kilt Pins, and Future Folk. Her published works include M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book (Flamingo Rampant) and the novel Scarborough (Arsenal Pulp Press), winner of Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Emerging Writers Award and a finalist for the Toronto Book Award. She is a proud citizen of Scarborough, Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9781551526775
ISBN 10	1551526778
Titel	Scarborough
Autor	Catherine Hernandez
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Arsenal Pulp Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-05-02
Seitenanzahl	272
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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