Green Frog: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593469361)

From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival.

"The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung's book sits next to my all-time favorite story collections by masters of the craft: Karen Russell, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, George Saunders, and Ted Chiang."--Morgan Talty, award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez

Equal parts fantastical--a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancholy, a fox demon contemplates avenging her sister's death--and true to life--a mother and daughter try to heal their rift when the daughter falls unexpectedly pregnant, a woman reexamines her father's legacy after his death--the stories in this collection are hopeful and heartbreaking, full of danger and full of joy.

Chung is a master at capturing emotion, and her characters--human and otherwise--will claw their way into your heart and make themselves at home.

Author: Gina Chung
ISBN-10: 0593469364
ISBN-13: 9780593469361
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 21
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2024
Shelf Awareness 04/05/2024