All the while, Daughter is falling for Ben, a neighborhood girl with strange powers of her own. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother a visiting aunt arrives with snakes in her belly a brother tests the possibility of flight. Soon afterward, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. She was called Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes.
One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman’s body. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine.LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE.LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD.Every line of this sensuous, magical-realist marvel is utterly alive.”- O: The Oprah Magazine Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one family’s queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE
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