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ID: 399257
Title: Black Water Sister
Author: Zen Cho
Narrator: Catherine Ho
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:38:00
Language: English
Release date: 05-11-21
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical
Summary:
A finalist for the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
One of BookPages Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021
One of Tor.com Reviewers Choice Best Books of 2021
One of Book Riots Best SFF Standalones of 2021
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy.
When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress.
Closeted, broke and jobless, shes moving back to Malaysia with her parentsa country she last saw when she was a toddler.
She soon learns the new voice isnt even hers, its the ghost of her estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now shes determined to settle a score against a business magnate who has offended the godand shes decided Jess is going to help her do it, whether Jess wants to or not.
Drawn into a world of gods, ghosts, and family secrets, Jess finds that making deals with capricious spirits is a dangerous business, but dealing with her grandmother is just as complicated. Especially when Ah Ma tries to spy on her personal life, threatens to spill her secrets to her family and uses her body to commit felonies. As Jess fights for retribution for Ah Ma, shell also need to regain control of her body and destinyor the Black Water Sister may finish her off forgood.
Ghosts. Gods. Gangsters. 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.Vulture