- Editorial:
- LITTLE BROWN
- Año de edición:
- 2023
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5387-1633-5
- Páginas:
- 384
- Encuadernación:
- Otros
SEEING GHOSTS
A MEMOIR
KAT CHOW
u003cbu003eAN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 PICK * A u003ciu003eTIMEu003c/iu003e MUST-READ BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMESu003c/iu003e NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * A u003ciu003eHARPER'S BAZAARu003c/iu003e BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2021 * A u003ciu003eTOWN & COUNTRYu003c/iu003e BEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A u003ciu003eFORTUNEu003c/iu003e BEST BOOK OF 2021 PICKu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e For readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander, a "a graceful, captivating" (u003ciu003eNew York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e) portrait of grief and the search for meaning from a singular new talent as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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. u003ciu003eSeeing Ghostsu003c/iu003e 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.
