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Mãn : a novel / Kim Thúy ; translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

By: Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, [2015]Description: 139 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780345813800 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Mãn has three mothers: the one who gives birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Mãn a husband , a lonely Vietnamese restaurateur who lives in Montreal. Thrown into a new world, Mãn discovers her natural talent as a chef.
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Fiction (pbk) Flesherton Branch Shelves FIC Thuy (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 32241001038977

Mãn has three mothers: the one who gives birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Mãn a husband , a lonely Vietnamese restaurateur who lives in Montreal. Thrown into a new world, Mãn discovers her natural talent as a chef.

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