![]() ![]() As Jess is drawn ever deeper into a world of peril and family secrets, getting a job becomes the least of her worries. ![]() But her irrepressible relative isn’t going to let a little thing like death stop her, when she can simply borrow Jess’s body to make mischief. Now she’s decided Jess will help, whether she wants to or not.Īs Ah Ma blackmails Jess into compliance, Jess fights to retain control. And when a business magnate dared to offend her goddess, Ah Ma swore revenge. She worshipped the Black Water Sister, a local deity. Jess soon learns her ‘voice’ belongs to Ah Ma, her late grandmother. But she last saw Malaysia as a toddler – and is completely unprepared for its ghosts, gods and her eccentric family’s shenanigans. Jessamyn Teoh, an unemployed university graduate and closeted lesbian stuck in her hometown of Penang, is. Broke, jobless and just graduated, she’s abandoning America to return ‘home’. Macmillan/Paperback/370 pages/29.43/Available here. ![]() yet.Īs Jessamyn packs for Malaysia, it’s not a good time to start hearing a bossy voice in her head. One of BookPages Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021. A finalist for the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her grandmother may be dead, but she's not done with life. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. 'A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and family, that kept me turning pages into the dark hours of the night' – Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted This mischievous Malaysian-set novel is an adventure featuring family, ghosts and local gods - from Hugo Award winning novelist Zen Cho. ![]()
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