Y / Marjorie Celona.
Debut about a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local YMCA. Swaddled in a dirty gray sweatshirt with nothing but a Swiss Army knife tucked between her feet, little Shannon is discovered by a man who catches only a glimpse of her troubled mother as she disappears from view. That morning, all three lives are forever changed. Bounced between foster homes, Shannon endures abuse and neglect until she finally finds stability with Miranda, a kind but no-nonsense single mother with a free-spirited daughter of her own. Yet Shannon defines life on her own terms, refusing to settle down, and never stops longing to uncover her roots - especially the stubborn question of why her mother would abandon her on the day she was born. Brilliantly and hauntingly interwoven with Shannon's story is the tale of her mother, Yula, a girl herself who is facing a desperate fate in the hours and days leading up to Shannon's birth. As past and present converge, Y tells an unforgettable story of identity, inheritance, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Celona's ravishingly beautiful novel offers a deeply affecting look at the choices we make and what it means to be a family.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670066370
- ISBN: 9780670066377 :
- ISBN: 9780143182238 (trd. paper)
- Physical Description: 350 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Hamish Hamilton, c2012.
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General Note: | CatMonthString:september.13 Novel. |
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Subject: | Adoptive parents > Fiction. Abandoned children > Fiction. Foster children > Fiction. Teenage pregnancy > Fiction. Foster home care > Fiction. Self-realization in women > Fiction. |
Genre: | Canadian fiction. Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction, Canadian. |
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- 12 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hudson's Hope Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Hudson's Hope Public Library | FIC FIC CEL (Text) | BHH037469 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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