“Reuniting with Strangers”: stunning debut novel by Filipina Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio
A five year old Filipino boy wakes up in a stranger’s apartment in Toronto after a long flight from the Philippines—next to a woman he doesn’t know, but who calls herself his “Mama”. In Montreal, a Filipina who grew up in Canada tries to whitewash her looks, her home, and her children, straining to fit […]