Intimate Distances Product Form:Paperback / softback excites nearly from start to

excites nearly from start to finish

Prize(s): Short-listed Stephan G

interference and thought

–Allan Brown

–Kate Braid

Intimate Distances Product Form:Paperback / softback excites nearly from start toDescription A stunning first book from one of the Chinese Canadian community's most insightful and grippingly honest young voices, Intimate Distances is a deep exploration of the vicissitudes of interpersonal connection and family relationships. Lam writes poignantly and vividly about her background: her father's early death during her childhood, the end of marriage, the gradual loss of her mother to Alzheimer's and, most recently, childbirth.