Name: The Jade Peony
ISBN: 9781590512166

Wayson Choy

Told through the reminiscences of the three young children of an immigrant Chinese family, an uplifting novel captures the realities of prejudice, the mishaps of adolescence, and the horrors of an impending world war, in Vancouver's Chinatown during the early 1940s. Reprint.

A Novel

The Jade Peony

Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and ë40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family. Wayson Choy's Chinatown is a community of unforgettable individuals who are neither this nor that, neither entirely Canadian nor Chinese. But with each other's help, they survive hardship and heartbreak with grit and humour. The Jade Peony was a 2010 Canada Reads Selection.

Jocelyne Lessard

The Jade Peony was a beautiful read. I loved the writing. After reading the first story I was convinced it was going to be my favourite but after finishing it... I can't give you an answer. The only thing that I didn't like was the last bit, I felt like the youngest brother's story was stretched a little. I really enjoyed it, it has to be one of my most favourite of all time.

Jackie Cunningham

Melissa Railey

Fran Lewis

A story of Chinatown, Vancouver, Canada in the late 1930s and 40s told through the vivid reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant Chinese family.

The Jade Peony A Novel

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