Where Are You Really From: Stories

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“Delicious, confessional, shocking, and poignant—it's impossible to put this masterful book down.” —Alissa Nutting, author of Made for Love and Tampa
“Chou is the rare writer who can serve up dark truths with equal helpings of humor and heart.” —Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl
From the critically-acclaimed author of Disorientation, a multi-genre story collection that explores the limits and possibilities of storytelling
A mail order bride from Taiwan is packed up in a cardboard box and sent via express shipping to California, where her much older husband awaits her. Two teenage girls meticulously plan how to kill and cook their downstairs neighbor. An...