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Scarborough
Catherine Hernandez.
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F HER REALIST
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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.
Scarborough offers a raw yet empathetic glimpse into a troubled community that locates its dignity in unexpected places: a neighborhood that refuses to be undone.
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Canada Reads, 2022.
Canada Reads/Champions, 2022.
Canada Reads/Longlist, 2022.
Poverty -- Fiction.
Scarborough (Ont.) -- Fiction.
Realistic Fiction -- ISF Genre
Titles by: Hernandez, Catherine, 1977-
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Published
Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017]
Format
258 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN
978-1-55152-677-5
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Canada Reads/Champion, 2022
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