''Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood'' is a

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...

written by the Canadian writer Wayson Choy, first published in October 1999 by

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. In the book, the author chronicles his experience growing up as an immigrant in

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Chinatown Chinatown ( zh, t=唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, O ...

in the 1940s and 1950s.Faculty of Arts, 2000, Edna Staebler Award
/span>, ''Wilfrid Laurier University'', Previous winners, Wayson Choy, Retrieved 21 November 2012 ''Paper Shadows'' received shortlist honours for the 2000 Vancouver City Book Award and won the 2000

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for

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*Canadian Immigrant ORG, Immigrant Stories by Canadian Authors
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