<p><b>Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canadian Region)!</b></p><p><b>Co-winnerof the Canada-Japan Book Award!</b><br></p><p>HiromiGoto’s debut novel has become a Canadian classic. It is a powerful narrative ofthree generations of Japanese Canadian women on the Canadianprairies.</p><p>Funny, scandalous, and melancholic, thissuperlative narrative is filled with echoes and retellings, memories andJapanese folk tales. From <i>The Tale of Genji</i> to the CalgaryStampede, from sharing of recipes to hitchhiking the Trans-Canada highway, itweaves a story that slides between histories, countries, and desire. It is atimeless exploration of immigration and belonging.</p><p>Thistwentieth anniversary reprinting of the landmark novel includes an Afterword byLarissa Lai (<i>When Fox is a Thousand, Salt Fish Girl</i>) and aninterview with the author.</p><p><b>Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canadian Region)!</b></p><p><b>Co-winnerof the Canada-Japan Book Award!</b><br></p><p>HiromiGoto’s debut novel has become a Canadian classic. It is a powerful narrative ofthree generations of Japanese Canadian women on the Canadianprairies.</p><p>Funny, scandalous, and melancholic, thissuperlative narrative is filled with echoes and retellings, memories andJapanese folk tales. From <i>The Tale of Genji</i> to the CalgaryStampede, from sharing of recipes to hitchhiking the Trans-Canada highway, itweaves a story that slides between histories, countries, and desire. It is atimeless exploration of immigration and belonging.</p><p>Thistwentieth anniversary reprinting of the landmark novel includes an Afterword byLarissa Lai (<i>When Fox is a Thousand, Salt Fish Girl</i>) and aninterview with the author.</p>