At 3 years old, the main character, Pik-Shuen, immigrated from China to Canada. She was with her mother and grandparents; her father stayed back in Hong Kong to keep working. They were very poor and they adults worked a lot but the short stories shared talk about closeness even the though the family does not talk about or show a lot of emotion. Throughout her life, Pik and her sister study art and live. Sometimes in China and mostly in Canada. As they become adults they spend more time with their father, because he became sick. This gives the family a chance to get to know each other and talk about how they felt about each other.
I found this book to be sad and sweet and somewhat healing. I loved the honesty and patience in the writing. The layout of the book is different and I enjoyed the short stories being each chapter with the implied space to think between each story.
I got this book from my sister, Jamie Holloway. You can get your own copy of Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung on Amazon.
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Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung was a beautiful story about a family living on different continents trying to get to know each other. In short stories we get to see in the lives of these dynamic people and their culture. It was beautiful.
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