An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-ling (Dear Canada)
Registered by JessicaEby of Cambridge, Ontario Canada on 9/9/2019
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I bought this book today at a charity shop in Barrie, ON while I was in town for the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope. I've brought it home to Cambridge with me (about 150 km southwest).
All our celebrations are a little different right now, but I've decided to celebrate Canada Day this year by sharing some Canadian literature that focuses on something about our nation that is very dear to me-- our diversity and multiculturalism.
On July 1st, I plan to do my first mass release (albeit a small one). I plan to leave some immigration stories in Kitchener's Victoria Park, in the area around the bell tower with all the quotes and luggage sculptures, and I am including this book! Where possible, I will leave the books near quotes that relate to the stories.
Since before Canada was Canada, people have been coming here from lots of different places, in lots of different ways, and for lots of different reasons. Our history is not without mistakes or injustices, but I feel there is a lot that's worthy of celebration and pride as well. I have done my best, in these restricted times, to diversify the books I've chosen in terms of style and reading level, as well as in terms of times and cultures represented. Some are geared to kids, some to adults; some are fiction, some are non-fiction; some focus more on what happened in a person/character's life that led to them coming to Canada, some focus on building a life here, and some focus more on the journey itself; many have been written by immigrant authors. Some of these books were written a long time ago and may contain dated language/attitudes, but history was what it was so I've chosen not to automatically rule out books based on those factors. If you've found one of these books, I hope that you will enjoy it!
On July 1st, I plan to do my first mass release (albeit a small one). I plan to leave some immigration stories in Kitchener's Victoria Park, in the area around the bell tower with all the quotes and luggage sculptures, and I am including this book! Where possible, I will leave the books near quotes that relate to the stories.
Since before Canada was Canada, people have been coming here from lots of different places, in lots of different ways, and for lots of different reasons. Our history is not without mistakes or injustices, but I feel there is a lot that's worthy of celebration and pride as well. I have done my best, in these restricted times, to diversify the books I've chosen in terms of style and reading level, as well as in terms of times and cultures represented. Some are geared to kids, some to adults; some are fiction, some are non-fiction; some focus more on what happened in a person/character's life that led to them coming to Canada, some focus on building a life here, and some focus more on the journey itself; many have been written by immigrant authors. Some of these books were written a long time ago and may contain dated language/attitudes, but history was what it was so I've chosen not to automatically rule out books based on those factors. If you've found one of these books, I hope that you will enjoy it!
Journal Entry 3 by JessicaEby at Victoria Park in Kitchener, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, July 1, 2020
I left this book on the fairly modern looking suitcase that has the tag that reads "I came for academia, I stayed for community."
If you've found this book, thanks for picking it up and checking out its journal! If you're new to bookcrossing, welcome. We'd love it if you'd stick around with us a while. I really hope that you enjoy both this book and the whole bookcrossing experience! Happy Canada Day!
This book was released as part of a couple of different release challenges here on bookcrossing-- the "Canada Days" Release Challenge and the "There's No Place Like Home" Release Challenge.
If you've found this book, thanks for picking it up and checking out its journal! If you're new to bookcrossing, welcome. We'd love it if you'd stick around with us a while. I really hope that you enjoy both this book and the whole bookcrossing experience! Happy Canada Day!
This book was released as part of a couple of different release challenges here on bookcrossing-- the "Canada Days" Release Challenge and the "There's No Place Like Home" Release Challenge.