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The Desirable Sister: A Novel
Taslim Burkowicz
Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, but as the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents, their lives play out in different ways because of their skin tone. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means she is labelled as Indian and treated as inferior. This superficial difference
310 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 2, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9781773632322 |
| Publishers | Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd |
| Pages | 310 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 28 mm · 358 g |
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