As Jess is drawn ever deeper into a world of peril and family secrets, getting a job becomes the least of her worries. 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. Black Water Sister has it all.a wildly entertaining coming-of-age story for the twentysomething set, with a protagonist who is almost painfully relatable at times. She worshipped the Black Water Sister, a local deity.

Jess soon learns her ‘voice’ belongs to Ah Ma, her late grandmother. ghost and the god Black Water Sister try to inhabit her body, each seeking revenge, no matter the cost to Jess. But she last saw Malaysia as a toddler – and is completely unprepared for its ghosts, gods and her eccentric family’s shenanigans. Broke, jobless and just graduated, she’s abandoning America to return ‘home’. yet.Īs Jessamyn packs for Malaysia, it’s not a good time to start hearing a bossy voice in her head. Her grandmother may be dead, but she's not done with life. Told with love and humour, Black Water Sister is both ode and accusation to. Black Water Sister has it alla wildly entertaining coming-of-age story for the twentysomething set, with a protagonist who is almost painfully relatable at times.Vulture 'Black Water Sister terrifyingly depicts the otherworldly and uncanny horrors of the spirit world, but it is also funny and poignant, full of the angst and irony of a. '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 Zen Cho Zen Chos brilliant and distinct voice brings worlds to life on the page. 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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