{"product_id":"the-hunger-we-pass-down-hardcover","title":"The Hunger We Pass Down - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJen Sookfong Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Peele's \u003ci\u003eUs \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe School For Good Mothers \u003c\/i\u003ein 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities.\"\u003ci\u003e - Kirkus, STARRED Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSingle mother Alice Chow is drowning. With a booming online cloth diaper shop, her resentful teenage daughter Luna, and her screen-obsessed son Luca, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a relief when Alice wakes up one morning and everything has been done. The counters are clear, the kids' rooms are tidy, orders are neatly packed and labeled. But no one confesses they've helped, and Alice doesn't remember staying up late. Someone-or some\u003ci\u003ething\u003c\/i\u003e-has been doing her chores for her.\u003cbr\u003eAlice should be uneasy, but the extra time lets her connect with her children and with her hard-edged mother, who begins to share their haunted family history from Alice's great-grandmother, a comfort woman during WWII, through to Alice herself. But the family demons, both real and subconscious, are about to become impossible to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharp and incisive, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger We Pass Down \u003c\/i\u003etraces the ways intergenerational trauma transforms from mother to daughter, and asks what it might take to break that cycle.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen Sookfong Lee \u003c\/b\u003eis a Chinese-Canadian author whose books include the International Dublin Literary Award nominee and Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Conjoined, The Hunger We Pass Down, The Shadow List, Finding Home, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSuperfan, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. The co-host of the literary podcast Can't Lit, she also acquires and edits for ECW Press. She was born and raised in Vancouver, where she continues to live with her son, and can be found online at sookfong.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379319304294,"sku":"9781645662808","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Tj6yge7GnU9781645662808.webp?v=1768918527","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-hunger-we-pass-down-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}