{"product_id":"on-narrative-and-becoming-a-trinidad-born-canadian-womans-journey-towards-her-intellectual-and-psychological-voice-9781834387598","title":"On Narrative and Becoming: A Trinidad-Born-Canadian Woman's Journey Towards her Intellectual and Psychological Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn Narrative and Becoming is both an intimate and a political act, an autobiographical genre-blending novel that traces one woman's journey across decades, continents, and interior landscapes. With emotional precision and psychological depth, Kismatali invites readers to witness the making of a self, and the courage required to speak where silence once lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving in Toronto in 1968 at age 20, Kismatali began the long process of her becoming, through study, work, motherhood, and persistent negotiation of identity in a new land. Her writing confronts the double silencing of Asian-Caribbean women, first within the broader discourse, and again within patriarchal literary traditions that have rendered them one-dimensional. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At thirteen, becoming highly educated was not within the realm of possibilities for me or my siblings. With parents who believed that we were born to a certain station in life, and should just accept it and wear it like a skin unquestioned and unchanging. It left no room for dreams of a better life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have never been off the tiny island of Trinidad where I was born. My life there was small in what I was allowed to think, voice, or experience. Tucked into the folds of extreme poverty, rigid family rules, social customs, and the rhythm of a life that saw little change. What I am doing now seems impossible. I know no one in this huge new world, and no one knows me. But I had to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18736234\"\u003eElizabeth Kismatali\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781834387598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1834387590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC041000\"\u003eBiographical \u0026amp; Autofiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tellwell Talent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533225496751,"sku":"9781834387598","price":17.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/9781834387598.jpg?v=1790359093","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/on-narrative-and-becoming-a-trinidad-born-canadian-womans-journey-towards-her-intellectual-and-psychological-voice-9781834387598","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}