Canada Reads 2023 : Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah

Raymundo, Bridget (producer). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author).

Summary: Bhangra dancer and viral video star Gurdeep Pandher champions Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah on the great Canadian book debate. The novel Hotline is about Muna Heddad, a widow and mother who has left behind a civil war in Lebanon and is living in Montreal in the 1980s. The only work she can find is as a hotline operator at a weight-loss centre where she fields calls from people responding to ads in magazines or on TV. These strangers have so much to say about their challenges, from marriages gone bad to personal inadequacies. Although her life in Canada is filled with invisible barriers, Muna is privy to her clients' deepest secrets.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (17 min 43 sec)
remote
video
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer: Raymundo, Bridget.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/22e358be-0af6-4e9c-919b-3d4eee8f775e
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation