Denison Avenue
by Christina Wong
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Pub Date 2 May 2023 | Archive Date 3 May 2023
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Description
Shortlisted for 2024 Canada Reads
Finalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association
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.
Finalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association
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.
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781770417151 |
| PRICE | US$24.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Gab T, Reviewer
Beautiful, both in prose and image.
Denison Avenue is Christina Wong's powerful story telling prowess decorated with Daniel Innes' masterful illustrations. The reader is transported into this character's life, into the hardships of being an immigrant in Toronto, into the loneliness of losing your anchor, in a way that stays with you much beyond the ending of the book.
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