![]() As a broke and jobless recent Harvard graduate, Jess returns to Penang, Malaysia, only to be greeted by a persisting voice in her head. In Black Water Sister, Zen Cho takes her readers on a journey from the perspective of the returning Penangite Jessamyn Teoh. This balance of authenticity to Malaysian subtleties, without sacrificing the ethereal dimension of the novel, engages readers of the Malaysian background, while being an immersive and inviting read for non-Malaysian audiences as well. In her novel Black Water Sister, Zen Cho encapsulates the middle-income Chinese Malaysian experience thoroughly, yet subtly, achieving a narrative that is uniquely relatable and otherworldly at the same time. ![]() ![]() Numerous novels have been written about ghosts and haunting, but none in the beautifully balanced manner that Zen Cho achieves. ![]()
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