Artfully woven, exquisitely modulated, walking a master's line between ancient Chinese myth and the grit of immigrant life in the Sacramento Delta, Water Ghosts, tells the unforgettable story of a town brought to its knees by loneliness and longing. Complicated, compassionate and haunting, Shawna Yang Ryan's novel brings a cast of intriguing and compelling characters to life and creates a vivid sense of its time and place.
