Violet Kupersmith's heart-pounding fever dream of a novel hurtles through the ghostly secrets of Vietnamese history to create an immersive, playful, utterly unforgettable debut. BUILD YOUR HOUSE AROUND MY BODY is an A- novel that would’ve earned an A+ if it weren’t for its final 50 pages. Build Your House Around My Body: A Novel by Violet Kupersmith, Paperback Barnes & Noble Free Shipping on Orders of 40 or More Home Books Add to Wishlist Build Your House Around My Body: A Novel by Violet Kupersmith 3.4 (7) Paperback 18.99 Hardcover 23.99 Paperback 18.99 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0. The fates of both women are inescapably linked, bound together by past generations, by ghosts and ancestors, by the history of possessed bodies and possessed lands. And both will have their revenge.1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietname. And both will have their revenge.ġ986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father, and is forever changed by the experience.Ģ011: Twenty-five years later, a young, unhappy Vietnamese-American disappears from her new home in Saigon without a trace. Two young women go missing decades apart. Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into a thrilling read, acrobatic. 'Beautiful, brilliant, powerful' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe
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