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2023., ECW Press Call No: NEW Fic Won Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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.
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c2011., Adult, House of Anansi Press Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 2Summary Note: "Uncle and Ava are hired by Tommy Ordonez, the richest man in the Philippines, to recover $50 million in a land swindle that took place in Canada. Ava tracks the missing funds from Canada to San Francisco to accounts in Costa Rica owned by the Moneida, a First Nations band that owns and operates The River, an online poker web site. Ava uncovers an illegal online gambling ring, and follows the trail to Las Vegas. There, she confronts one of the greatest poker players in the world, David "The Disciple" Douglas. From the author of The Water Rat of Wanchal. "--Publisher.
![Disciple of Las Vegas [eBook] : an Ava Lee novel](/Library/images/~imageCT73801.JPG "Disciple of Las Vegas [eBook] : an Ava Lee novel")
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2008., Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press Call No: Fic Lee Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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By Fu, Kimc2014., General, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Fic Fu Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Peter, the only boy among four siblings born to Chinese immigrants, is convinced he is a girl and must fight the confines of a small town as well as the expectations of his parents to forge his own path into adulthood.
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2021., Adult, McClelland & Stewart Call No: Fic Fun Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "How do you grieve, if your family doesn't talk about feelings? This is the question the unnamed protagonist of Ghost Forest considers after her father dies. One of the many Hong Kong "astronaut" fathers, he stayed in Hong Kong to work, while the rest of the family immigrated to Vancouver before the 1997 Handover, when the British returned sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. As she revisits memories of her father throughout the years, she struggles with unresolved questions and misunderstandings. Turning to her mother and grandmother for answers, she discovers her own life refracted brightly in theirs. Buoyant, heartbreaking, and unexpectedly funny, Ghost Forest is a slim novel that envelops the reader in joy and sorrow. Fung writes with a poetic and haunting voice, layering detail and abstraction, weaving memory and oral history to paint a moving portrait of a Chinese-Canadian astronaut family.
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c2011., Adult, Viking Canada Call No: Fic Zha Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In the epic storytelling tradition of Amy Tan and Jiang Rong comes a rich saga chronicling the lives of five generations of a Chinese family from Guandong Province transformed by the promise of a better life in Gold Mountain, the Chinese name for Canada's majestic West Coast. In 1879, 16-year-old Fong Tak-Fat boards a ship to Canada determined to make a life for himself and support his family back home."--Publisher.
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2014., House of Anansi Press Inc. Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 7Summary Note: The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava getting caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies.
![The King of Shanghai [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT78991.JPG "The King of Shanghai [eBook]")
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-- Triad yearsc2014., Adult, Spiderline Call No: MYS Fic Ham Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 7Summary Note: The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava getting caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies. Ava steps into her new business with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda. On a trip to Shanghai, Ava meets with Xu, a young man Uncle had been mentoring and who is also the head of the Triad in Shanghai. Xu makes an audacious business proposal that she and May are compelled to consider.
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c2012., Adult, House of Anansi Press Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 4Summary Note: "Ava's half-brother Michael is desperate to pull out of a multi-million-dollar real estate deal in the territory of Macau. The developers are threatening to halt construction unless Michael and his business partner put up another $80 million; the bank is looking for repayment on their loan; and her father is prepared to sell everything to protect his first-born son. When Ava enlists Uncle for help, she discovers his health is failing and is forced to turn to a former client, the cunning and seductive May Ling Wong. As Ava follows the money trail, she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into Hong Kong's dark and deadly world of organized crime. Will Ava protect her family's future? Or will this job lead to a violent end..."--Author's website.
![The red pole of Macau [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT74835.JPG "The red pole of Macau [eBook]")
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c2013., Adult, House of Anansi Press Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 5Summary Note: Ava begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail leads her to a bank in Indonesia that is run by a Scot, but in actuality is a front for an elaborate money-laundering operation for Italian mobsters. The relationship between Ava and the Scotsman turns nasty and personal. Meanwhile, Uncle's health problems become apparent...
![The Scottish banker of Surabaya [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT76875.JPG "The Scottish banker of Surabaya [eBook]")
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c2011., Adult, House of Anansi Press Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 1Summary Note: Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant, who specializes in recovering massive depts and works for an elderly Hong Kong based "Uncle," who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 5"3 ' and 115 lbs, she hardly seems a threat. But her razor sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagement allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed. In the Water Rat of Wanchai Ava is persuaded to help out an old friend of Uncle's, whose nephew is owed $5 million from a seafood company that was producing cooked shrimp for a major U.S. retailer. The dead went sideways. The money disappeared. On a journey that takes her to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Guyana, and the British Virgin Islands, Ava encounters everything from the Thai katoey culture to corrupt but helpful law enforcers. But it's in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, Robbins decides he wants a piece of Ava's $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share.
![The water rat of Wanchai [eBook] : an Ava Lee novel](/Library/images/~imageCT73800.JPG "The water rat of Wanchai [eBook] : an Ava Lee novel")