Help! I'm alive : a novel / Gurjinder Basran.

By:

Basran, Gurjinder

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto : ECW, 2022.Description: 233 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781770416307 (pbk.)

Other title:

Help! I am alive

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Bildungsromans.

DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: After video footage of Jay's death is shared on social media, a suburban Vancouver community is left to try to make sense of what happened to Jay and whether his death was an accident or a suicide. Help! I'm Alive explores the aftermath through the eyes of four people all suddenly confronted with who they have been and how they should be in the wake of such loss. Jay's former best friend, Ash, wonders what happened to their friendship and questions the relationships he has now; Winona, Jay's troubled girlfriend struggles with guilt and abandonment; Anik, Ash's older brother, is on a search for the meaning of life but hasn't left his basement apartment in months; and Pavan, Ash and Anik's mother, finds Jay's death lays bare all her personal and maternal anxieties.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Neustadt Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003219517

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After video footage of Jay's death is shared on social media, a suburban Vancouver community is left to try to make sense of what happened to Jay and whether his death was an accident or a suicide. Help! I'm Alive explores the aftermath through the eyes of four people all suddenly confronted with who they have been and how they should be in the wake of such loss. Jay's former best friend, Ash, wonders what happened to their friendship and questions the relationships he has now; Winona, Jay's troubled girlfriend struggles with guilt and abandonment; Anik, Ash's older brother, is on a search for the meaning of life but hasn't left his basement apartment in months; and Pavan, Ash and Anik's mother, finds Jay's death lays bare all her personal and maternal anxieties.

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