"Loneliness is such a universal experience for so many of us — and I do hope that the book is a balm for that and helps make readers feel less alone…"

Gina Chung's debut novel Sea Change explores family ties, grief and growing up through a complicated protagonist that readers will love to root for — and yes, there really is an octopus. Chung joins us to talk about sad girl characters, allowing women to feel anger, how we never stop "coming of age" and more with Poured Over host, Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Sea Change by Gina Chung

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