{"product_id":"dear-current-occupant-chelene-knight-9781771663908","title":"Dear Current Occupant: A Memoir Volume 5","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 City of Vancouver Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Vancouver-based writer Chelene Knight, \u003ci\u003eDear Current Occupant\u003c\/i\u003e is a creative non-fiction memoir about home and belonging set in the 80s and 90s of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a variety of forms, Knight reflects on her childhood through a series of letters addressed to all of the current occupants now living in the twenty different houses she moved in and out of with her mother and brother. From blurry non-chronological memories of trying to fit in with her own family as the only mixed East Indian\/Black child, to crystal clear recollections of parental drug use, Knight draws a vivid portrait of memory that still longs for a place and a home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeering through windows and doors into intimate, remembered spaces now occupied by strangers, Knight writes to them in order to deconstruct her own past. From the rubble of memory she then builds a real place in order to bring herself back home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelene Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771663901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771663908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Chelene Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078619033855,"sku":"9781771663908","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20b6bdc4-029e-4279-9fdd-c9a99e622a16.jpg?v=1685476536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-current-occupant-chelene-knight-9781771663908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}