The Hunger We Pass Down
2025年9月 · Erewhon Books
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Jordan Peele’s Us meets The School For Good Mothers 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.
“Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities.” —Kirkus, STARRED Review
BREAK YOUR MOTHER’S CURSE . . . BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU TOO.
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.
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 something—has been doing her chores for her.
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.
Lurking in the corners of Alice’s new normal, those family demons are as real as ever . . . and about to become impossible to ignore.
Following the relentless specter of generational trauma as it is handed down from mother to daughter, The Hunger We Pass Down asks what it might take to break the cycle: heroism, depravity, or both.
“Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities.” —Kirkus, STARRED Review
BREAK YOUR MOTHER’S CURSE . . . BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU TOO.
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.
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 something—has been doing her chores for her.
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.
Lurking in the corners of Alice’s new normal, those family demons are as real as ever . . . and about to become impossible to ignore.
Following the relentless specter of generational trauma as it is handed down from mother to daughter, The Hunger We Pass Down asks what it might take to break the cycle: heroism, depravity, or both.
Jordan Peele’s Us meets The School For Good Mothers 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.
“Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of...
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JEN SOOKFONG LEE was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include Superfan, named a Best Book of 2023 by the Globe and Mail and Apple Books, The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Shadow List, and Finding Home. Jen acquires and edits for ECW Press and co-hosts the literary podcast Can’t Lit. You can find her at sookfong.com.
JEN SOOKFONG LEE was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include Superfan, named a Best Book of 2023 by the Globe and Mail and Apple Books, The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethe...
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