The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons,

The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family

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 â€œwoo-wooâ€â€”Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-wooâ€™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 Lindsayâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Arsenal Pulp Press
Manufacturer Arsenal Pulp Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781551527369
ReleaseDate 2018-11-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781551527369

Country	USA
Brand	Arsenal Pulp Press
Manufacturer	Arsenal Pulp Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781551527369
ReleaseDate	2018-11-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781551527369

The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family

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