![]() As she is forced into a world of mediums, gods and spirits, Jess must face the possibility of losing not just her autonomy but also her life.ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: Zen Cho on major and minor gods, and the importance of good food in fantasy writing. Although Jess resists, she soon finds that once the spirit world has marked her, it will not easily let her go. Ah Ma is bent on getting Jess’ help to destroy a real estate developer who threatens to demolish a local temple devoted to Ah Ma’s god. Or rather, a single voice: that of her dead grandmother, her Ah Ma, a woman Jess never met. She’s living with her parents and helping them move from the United States to Malaysia, a country she hasn’t called home since before she could walk. ![]() It plunges readers headlong into the often troubled and usually sarcastic mind of Jess Teoh, a recent Harvard graduate with far more on her plate than finding gainful employment.Īs Black Water Sister opens, Jess is adrift. Zen Cho’s Black Water Sister is one such book. These books don’t just pull you in they tug at the edges of your consciousness, cultivating a new reality that you can slip into as easily as an old T-shirt. Sometimes a book makes you forget everything: the water boiling on the stove for tea, the lunch or dinner that has long since gone cold. ![]()
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