{"product_id":"the-woo-woo-9781551527376","title":"The Woo-Woo","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\nLindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the “woo-woo”—Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo’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 Lindsay’s foot on fire to rid her of the woo-woo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\nOn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Woo-Woo\u003c\/i\u003e is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself.","brand":"Lindsay Wong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278282830075,"sku":"9781551527376","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781551527376.jpg?v=1772484704","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-woo-woo-9781551527376","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}