The woo woo : how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demons, and my crazy chinese family
Book |
Arsenal Pulp Press,
Vancouver :
[2018]
- 10 of 12 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 3 Copies Available at Lincoln Pelham Public Library
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming - Beamsville | 616.890092 Wong | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
| Fonthill | 616.890092 Wong | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Fonthill | 616.890092 Wong | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
About
"In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on anti-psychotic meds. Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the "woo-woo"-Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo's sinister effects; at the age of six, she found herself living in the food court of her suburban mall, which her mother saw as a safe haven because they could hide there from dead people, and on a camping trip, her mother tried to light Lindsay's foot on fire to rid her of the woo-woo. The eccentricities take a dark turn, however, when her aunt, suffering from a psychotic breakdown, holds the city of Vancouver hostage for eight hours when she threatens to jump off a bridge. And when Lindsay herself starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family. On one hand a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience, and on the other a harrowing and honest depiction of the vagaries of mental illness, The Woo-Woo is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself."--
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Details
- ISBN: 9781551527369
- ISBN: 1551527367
- Physical Description: 315 pages ; 21 cm.print
- Publisher: Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2018]