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The boat people / Sharon Bala.

Bala, Sharon, (author.).

Summary:

"For readers of Khaled Hosseini and Chris Cleave, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorism 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771024290
  • Physical Description: 399 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : McClelland & Stewart, [2018]
Subject: Refugees > Canada > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Sri Lankans > Canada > Fiction.
Detention of persons > Canada > Fiction.
Canada > Race relations > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Interurban Library PS 8603 A463 B64 2018 (Text) 26040003309701 Main Collection Volume hold Available -
Interurban Library PAPERBACK (Text) 26040003309693 Recreational Reading Not holdable Lost and Paid 2019-02-25 11:59pm


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