{"product_id":"9781551527369","title":"The Woo-Woo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 CANADA READS FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Nonfiction; Winner, Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize; Longlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons when they should really be on anti-psychotic meds. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLindsay 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; when she was six, Lindsay and her mother avoided the dead people haunting their house by hiding out in a mall food court, and on a camping trip, in an effort to rid her daughter of demons, her mother tried to light Lindsay's foot on fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe eccentricities take a dark turn, however, and when Lindsay starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt once a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lindsay Wong (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":29733892522048,"sku":"9781551527369","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0112\/1065\/3760\/products\/BNCImageAPI_c0f4408d-4fcf-4cc1-88b3-7dda6112af94.jpg?v=1588633088","url":"https:\/\/onceuponabookstore.ca\/products\/9781551527369","provider":"Once Upon a Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}