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SEEING GHOSTS - KAT CHOW KARTONIERT (TB)

This graceful  captivating (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints
a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations
of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.
Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents
dying---especially her mother. A vivacious and mischievous woman  Kat's mother made a morbid
joke that would haunt her for years to come: when she died  she'd like to be stuffed and
displayed in Kat's future apartment in order to always watch over her. After her mother dies
unexpectedly from cancer  Kat  her sisters  and their father are plunged into a debilitating 
lonely grief. With a distinct voice that is wry and heartfelt  Kat weaves together a story of
the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong
to Cuba and America. Seeing Ghosts asks what it means to reclaim and tell your family’s story:
Is writing an exorcism or is it its own form of preservation? The result is an extraordinary
new contribution to the literature of the American family  and a provocative and transformative
meditation on who we become facing loss. AN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 PICK * A TIME MUST-READ BOOK
OF 2021 PICK * A NEW YORK TIMESNOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * A HARPER'S BAZAAR BOOK YOU NEED TO READ
IN 2021 * A TOWN & COUNTRYBEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A FORTUNE BEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK

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