The boat people : a novel
Book
First edition.
"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"--
"A debut novel about a thirty-five-year-old Sri Lankan refugee who has survived the harrowing experiences of civil war, a prison camp, and a perilous ocean voyage to Canada -- but his journey has only begun, as he and his young son navigate the morass of the refugee system"--
"A debut novel about a thirty-five-year-old Sri Lankan refugee who has survived the harrowing experiences of civil war, a prison camp, and a perilous ocean voyage to Canada -- but his journey has only begun, as he and his young son navigate the morass of the refugee system"--
Available copies
- 7 of 8 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 8 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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| Croton Free Library | FICTION/BALA (Text) Fiction |
31006151648912 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | BALA, SHARON (Text) Fiction |
31016151623237 |
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| Mount Kisco Public Library | FICTION BALA (Text) Fiction |
31017151827182 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | BALA (Text) Fiction |
31019156222591 |
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| Scarsdale Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31029154231593 |
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| Town of Pelham Public Library | BALA (Text) Fiction |
31023151088452 |
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| Warner Library | FICTION BALA (Text) Fiction |
31033151956574 |
Checked out 01/31/2025 |
| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544200844843 |
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