All the while, Daughter is falling for Ben, a neighborhood girl with strange powers of her own. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother a visiting aunt arrives with snakes in her belly a brother tests the possibility of flight. Soon afterward, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. She was called Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes. She makes magic on the page.'-Julia Philips, author of Disappearing EarthOne evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body. K-Ming Chang's talent exposes what is hidden inside us. Neuware - Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one family's queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets.LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 'Epic and intimate at once, Bestiary brings myth to visceral life.
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