8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster Format:Hardcover A young woman's past and

A young woman's past and present collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents in this vibrant debut from an exciting new voice in fiction

Told in three taut

Meredith Distinguished Professor Emerita at Drake University's School of Journalism and Mass Communications

things get even more complicated

"I cooked my family dinner three nights in a row

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster Format:Hardcover A young woman's past andJoining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre bending debut of love and survival, set in the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Life near the North Korean border is a zero sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster." Inspired by the story of Seulmi Lee's great aunt, one of the