Emigration, Immigration & Migration
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! HouseFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Discusses Singh’s mother’s family home, its importance to her, its loss, and her return. | Jaspreet Singh | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Ma and PaFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recalls Singh’s mother’s introduction to his father. Her status and success were highlighted as she entered into an unhappy marriage. | Jaspreet Singh | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  You’re a Celebrity NowFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar writes about his growing fame, and his interactions with people whose interest in him was motivated by selfish reasons. | Hassan Al Kontar | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Epi-geneticsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the time in his childhood that his parents tried to make Singh and his sister taller by hanging from trees. | Jaspreet Singh | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From The Airport PrisonerFrom: Man at the Airport |
Trapped at the airport for six months, Al Kontar connects with Nuseir Yassin, a social media content creator with millions of followers. | Hassan Al Kontar | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From EndgameFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter covers the author’s arrest by Malaysian authories, his detention in jail, and a visit from an employee of the Canadian High Commision that changed his life. | Hassan Al Kontar | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! Patterns of a Childhood in KashmirFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Chronicles Singh’s childhood in India—family trips, dinners, and challenges, including the complexities and division created through language. | Jaspreet Singh | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Consider YourselfFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Poetry about Singh having his fortune told. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From O CanadaFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the final chapter, Al Kontar writes about his experiences in British Columbia, and his Operation#NotForgotten campaign to aid refugess trapped on Manus and Nauru. | Hassan Al Kontar | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Not a Madeleine Dunked in TeaFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Explores grief through food, music, and memory. Showcases how these facets of experience intersected with his grief. | Jaspreet Singh | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Five WomenFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Tells the stories of the women in his life, from his great grandmother to his sister. | Jaspreet Singh | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! The FohnFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, his experience with it, and the connection to those family members lost to the Spanish Flu. | Jaspreet Singh | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! In Patagonia I Dreamed in PunjabiFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about a bus ride to Ludhiana. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From NEW! Book BurningFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Revisits the terror of 1984, the trauma it caused, and how that trauma shaped his drive to be a writer. | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! ErgodicityFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Singh’s studies at McGill are shared. From connections made and lessons learned to the challenges created by unaddressed trauma. | Jaspreet Singh | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! CherriesFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Making sense of and solving the mysteries of memories is discussed while chronicling Singh’s battle with suicidal thoughts. | Jaspreet Singh | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
