Jamie Ford | The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

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As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt her. Fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help.

Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in China serving with the Flying Tigers; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app; and Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America.

As painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn’t the only thing she’s inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who’s loved her through all of her genetic memories. Dorothy endeavors to break the cycle of pain and abandonment, to finally find peace for her daughter, and gain the love that has long been waiting, knowing she may pay the ultimate price.

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Publisher: Atria Books

ISBN: ‎978-1982158217

ASIN: B09JPHK66Q

Word Count: 115200 words

Length: 384 pages

Language: English

Release Date: August 2, 2022

Available as: Ebook,Paperback

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An experimental drug opens up the mind of a young woman and leads her into pathways she's never explored in this provocative new book. Jamie Ford has outdone himself! A bit of mystery, a bit of sci-fi, romance--it's all here. This is a book that will keep you thinking about it long after its finished.

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