Shawna Yang Ryan's melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. "Locke " beautifully chronicles separation and betrayal, loneliness and longing, and what happens when a /5(5). · Shawna Yang Ryan, Water Ghosts Publisher: Penguin Books , pages, paperback, $ WHEN I WAS a kid I was more than a little afraid of ghosts. In an effort to keep me inside after sunset and away from wildcats that lived in the woods across from our property, my mother convinced me my aunt’s ghost roamed in our backyard at night. A mesmerizing debut novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt them Locke, California, .
By Shawna Yang Ryan. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Water Ghosts is a rich tale of human passions and mingling cultures that will appeal to readers of Lisa See, Anchin Min, and Gail Tsukiyama. Shawna Yang Ryan's melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. Locke beautifully chronicles separation and betrayal, loneliness and longing, and what happens when a Chinese ghost story begins to come true. Membership Advantages. Shawna Yang Ryan was born in Sacramento, California, and received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA from the University of California, Davis. In , she was a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan. Water Ghosts, originally published as Locke , was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She currently.
Shawna Yang Ryan was born in Sacramento, California, and received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA from the University of California, Davis. In , she was a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan. Water Ghosts, originally published as Locke , was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She currently lives in Berkeley. Water Ghosts: A Novel. Shawna Yang Ryan. Penguin, - Fiction - pages. 6 Reviews. “Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter.
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