![]() ![]() Sometimes though – at first only when she’s sleeping – Ah Ma has the ability to take over her granddaughter’s body, leaving Jess bewildered when she awakes the next morning and learns that overnight ‘she’ has had an eloquent conversation with her aunt in a language she barely speaks. For the most part, Ah Ma appears to Jess as a voice in her head. ![]() ![]() There’s such a lot going on within the pages of Zen Cho’s Black Water Sister, and it takes a little while to get your head round it all – chiefly the mechanics of the relationship between Jess and her dead grandma. Much to the chagrin of her granddaughter, Ah Ma has some unfinished business to attend to, and she needs Jess to get it done. Oh, and there’s one more thing: Jess has started to be haunted by her deceased grandmother, who she calls Ah Ma. Once they get to Malaysia, fitting in with her extended family proves a difficult task. This puts an ocean between her and her girlfriend Sharanya, who her traditionally minded parents don’t even know exists. Although she’s lived in America for the majority of her life, health and financial troubles force her parents to return to their native Malaysia, and Jess goes with them. Recent Harvard graduate Jess has, to put it mildly, a lot on her plate. ![]()
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