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The jade peony [electronic resource] : a novel / Wayson Choy.

Choy, Wayson, 1939- (Author).

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Three siblings tell the stories of their very different childhoods in Vancouver's Chinatown before and during World War II.

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ISBN: 9781926706764 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1926706765 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre, c1995

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Formatted Contents Note:: Cover Image; Praise for The Jade Peony; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Author's Note; Epigraph; Part One: Jook-Liang, Only Sister; One; Two; Three; Part Two: Jung-Sum, Second Brother; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Part Three: Sek-Lung, Third Brother; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen; Fourteen; Fifteen; Acknowledgements; A Reading Group Guide for The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy;

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Subject:: Chinese > Canada > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Poor families > Fiction.
Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) > Fiction.
FICTION / General
Brothers and sisters.
Chinese.
Poor families.
British Columbia > Vancouver > Chinatown.
Canada.
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