![]() ![]() A reader has the sense that even the author was driven by her most powerful character: the original mother, raising her daughter alone, shunned by villagers, forced to make decisions that haunt her descendants.” “, so firmly anchored in a sensuous reality, veers into a dream world. As Mockett reveals, the ghosts of our mothers are always within us." In sharp, lush prose, Picking Bones from Ash examines the power and limitations of female talent in our globalized world. Her fall from grace is echoed in the life of her daughter, Rumi, who unleashes a ghost she must chase from foggy San Francisco to a Buddhist temple atop Japan’s icy Mount Doom. A preternaturally gifted pianist, Satomi wrestles with inner demons. Ghosts lurk in the bamboo forest outside the tiny northern Japanese town where Satomi lives with her elusive mother, Atsuko. *Longlisted for the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction* ![]() *Shortlisted for the William Saroyan Prize for International Writing* Now available in paperback, featuring a newly designed cover, two original essays by the author, and book group discussion questions *Shortlisted for t Now available in paperback, featuring a newly designed cover, two original essays by the author, and book group discussion questions ![]()
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