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020			_a9781551526775 _q(paperback)
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040			_aWWBK _beng _erda
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100	1		_aHernandez, Catherine, _d1977- _eauthor. _987161
245	1	0	_aScarborough / _cCatherine Hernandez.
264		1	_aVancouver, BC : _bArsenal Pulp Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a258 pages ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aMODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighborhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education. And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a gay Filipino boy who lives under the shadow of his father's mental illness; Sylvie, Bing's best friend, a Native girl whose family struggles to find a permanent home to live in; and Laura, whose history of neglect by her mother is destined to repeat itself with her father.
655		0	_aCanadian fiction. _987162
655		7	_aUrban fiction. _2lcgft. _962197
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