The Boat People by Sharon Bala

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks-and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum.
Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer, Priya, a second-generation Sri Lankan Canadian who reluctantly represents the refugees; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan's fate as evidence mounts against him, The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis.

Sharon Bala lives in St. John's where she is a member of The Port Authority writing group. Her short story Butter Tea at Starbucks won the prestigious Writers' Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize in 2017. The Boat People is her first novel. Please visit SharonBala.com.

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ISBN 13	9780385542296
ISBN 10	0385542291
Title	The Boat People
Author	Sharon Bala
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	2018-01-09
Number of pages	352
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