Questions For Zen Cho, Author Of 'Black Water Sister'
In Zen Cho's new novel, a young woman begins to hear a voice in her head: It's the dead, estranged grandmother she never knew. Wronged in life, the grandmother wants revenge after death.
by Petra Mayer
May 17, 2021
3 minutes
Jessamyn Teoh is at a crossroads: When we meet her, the central character in Zen Cho's new Black Water Sister, she's newly graduated, unemployed, and bound by a need to support her parents, who moved back their home in Malaysia after their American dream turned sour.
And of course, strange things can happen at a crossroads. Stuck living with her family in Malaysia's capital Penang, hiding her sexuality and aimlessly hunting for jobs, Jess
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