As Jess is drawn ever deeper into a world of peril and family secrets, getting a job becomes the least of her worries. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Chos Crawford Awardwinning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner 'If at First You Dont Succeed, Try, Try Again.' A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. 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 is closeted, broke and moving back to Malaysia, a country she left when she was a toddler. Broke, jobless and just graduated, she’s abandoning America to return ‘home’. 11:47 Black Water Sister by Zen Cho A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy. yet.Īs Jessamyn packs for Malaysia, it’s not a good time to start hearing a bossy voice in her head. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. Her grandmother may be dead, but she's not done with life. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Chos Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner 'If at First You Dont Succeed, Try, Try Again.' A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian.

'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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