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Denison Avenue  Cover Image Book Book

Denison Avenue

Wong, Christina (Christina M.) (author.). Innes, Daniel, (artist.). Innes, Daniel. Container of (work): Denison Avenue. (Added Author).

Summary: "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. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 177041715X
  • ISBN: 9781770417151
  • Physical Description: 232 pages, 84 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Artwork and text bound tĂȘte-bĂȘche (back to back and upside down).
Subject: Chinatowns -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Fiction
Older people -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Fiction
Chinese -- Canada -- Fiction
Widows -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Fiction
Grief -- Fiction
Gentrification -- Fiction
Chinese Canadians -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Fiction
Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Interurban Library PAPERBACK (Text) 26040003474067 Recreational Reading Volume hold Available -
Lansdowne Library PAPERBACK (Text) 26040003474075 Recreational Reading Volume hold Available -

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