{"product_id":"the-woo-woo-lindsay-wong-9781551527369","title":"The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family","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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lindsay 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindsay Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551527367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551527369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Lindsay Wong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995060797695,"sku":"9781551527369","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8dc9a14-1be9-4e70-a9cf-726df12918dd.jpg?v=1683333694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woo-woo-lindsay-wong-9781551527369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}