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Everything was good-bye : a novel / Gurjinder Basran.
Everything Was Good-bye centers around Meena, a young Indo-Canadian woman growing up in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, and traces her life as she struggles to assert her independence in a Punjabi community. Raised by her tradition-bound widowed mother, Meena knows the freedoms of her Canadian peers can never be hers, but unlike her sisters, she is reluctant to submit to a life that is defined by a suitable marriage. Though a narrative moving between race and culture, it is ultimately a story of love, loss and self acceptance amidst shifting cultural ideals.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143182573
- ISBN: 0143182579
- ISBN: 9781896949079
- ISBN: 189694907X
- Physical Description: 256 p. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Penguin, 2012, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Salt Spring, B.C. : Mother Tongue Pub., 2010. Originally published: Salt Spring, B.C. : Mother Tongue Pub., 2010. CatMonthString:dec.12 Includes reader's guide. "A novel"--Cover. |
| Action Note: | Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph |
| Awards Note: | Great BC Novel Contest winner 2010. |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. First novel. Canadian fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Festival of the Written Arts 2017 > Sechelt (B.C.) |
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- Baker & Taylor
A U.S. release of an award-winning tale from Canada follows the struggles of young Meena, a sixth daughter of a widowed mother, to bridge cultural gaps between her family's India traditions and her North American upbringing, a situation that is further challenged by her love for a man who asks her to run away with him. Original. 35,000 first printing. - Penguin Putnam
The youngest of six daughters raised by a widowed mother, Meena is a young Indo-Canadian woman struggling to find her place in the world. She knows that the freedom experienced by others is beyond her reach. But unlike her older sisters, Meena refuses to accept a life dictated by tradition. Against her motherâs wishes, she falls for a young man named Liam who asks her to run away with him. She must then make a painful choiceâone that will lead to stunning and irrevocable consequences.
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Heartbreaking and beautiful, Everything Was Good-bye is an unforgettable story about family, love, loss, and the struggle of living in two different cultural worlds. - Random House, Inc.
The youngest of six daughters raised by a widowed mother, Meena is a young Indo-Canadian woman struggling to find her place in the world. She knows that the freedom experienced by others is beyond her reach. But unlike her older sisters, Meena refuses to accept a life dictated by tradition. Against her mother’s wishes, she falls for a young man named Liam who asks her to run away with him. She must then make a painful choice—one that will lead to stunning and irrevocable consequences.Heartbreaking and beautiful, Everything Was Good-bye is an unforgettable story about family, love, loss, and the struggle of living in two different cultural worlds.
