The Hunger We Pass Down, (Paperback)

<b>Jordan Peele's <i>Us </i>meets <i>The School For Good Mothers </i>in this horror-tinged intergenerational saga, as a single mother's doppelganger forces her to confront the legacy of violence that has shaped every woman in their family. </b><p><b> "Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities." --<i>Kirkus, STARRED Review</i></b> </p><p><b>BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S CURSE . . . BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU TOO.</b> </p><p>Single mom Alice Chow is drowning. Between a booming small business, a resentful teenage daughter, a screen-obsessed son, and a secret boyfriend, Alice can never get everything done in a day. It's all she can do to just collapse on the couch with a bottle of wine every night. </p><p>One morning, Alice wakes up and everything has been done: the counters are clear, the kids' rooms are tidy, orders are neatly packed and labeled. As the pattern continues, she realizes that someone--or some<i>thing</i>--has been doing her chores for her. </p><p>Alice knows she should be uneasy, but she's too tired to care. The extra time lets her connect with her hard-edged mother, who has started to share their family history--a "curse" beginning with her great-grandmother, who was imprisoned as a comfort woman in Hong Kong during World War II.<br>Lurking in the corners of Alice's new normal, those family demons are as real as ever . . . and about to become impossible to ignore. </p><p>Following the relentless specter of generational trauma as it is handed down from mother to daughter, <i>The Hunger We Pass Down</i> asks what it might take to break the cycle: heroism, depravity, or both.</p>

• The Hunger We Pass Down, (Paperback)
• Author: Jen Sookfong Lee
• ISBN: 9781645662815
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-08-25
• Page Count: 384