The boat people : a novel
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780385542296
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Conway Public Library - Adult Section | F Bala, S. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385542296
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"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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bala, S. (2018). The boat people: a novel (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bala, Sharon. 2018. The Boat People: A Novel. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bala, Sharon. The Boat People: A Novel Doubleday, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bala, Sharon. The Boat People: A Novel First edition., Doubleday, 2018.
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