ONE OF NPR'S 2024 "BOOKS WE LOVE"

From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival.

"The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung's book sits next to my all-time favorite story collections by masters of the craft: Karen Russell, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, George Saunders, and Ted Chiang." -- Morgan Talty, award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez

Equal parts fantastical -- a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancholy, a fox demon contemplates avenging her sister's death -- and true to life -- a mother and daughter try to heal their rift when the daughter falls unexpectedly pregnant, a woman reexamines her father's legacy after his death -- the stories in this collection are hopeful and heartbreaking, full of danger and full of joy.

Chung is a master at capturing emotion, and her characters -- human and otherwise -- will claw their way into your heart and make themselves at home.

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• Literature & FictionGenre FictionFamily Life
• Literature & FictionUnited StatesAsian American & Pacific Islander
• Literature & FictionShort StoriesShort Stories

• Publication Date: March 12, 2024
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• Print Length: 230 Pages
• File Size: 324 KB