"Intense, fierce and disturbing . . . A strange, sometimes savagely terrifying and, in the literal sense, wonderful story." –
The Washington Post "Remarkable. . . . As an account of growing up female and Chinese-American . . . it is anti-nostalgic. . . . As a dream–of the 'female avenger'–it is dizzying, elemental, a poem turned into a sword." –
The New York Times "A classic, for a reason" –
Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts, via Twitter "Superb. . . . We are in the presence of a splendid raconteur, who shares with us the myths and stories that emerge from the lode of a culture's deepest realities." –
Chicago Tribune "Triumphant . . . astonishingly accomplished." –
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