Family Secrets: Lan Samantha Chang & Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In these new novels exploring the complications of family relationships, classics are reimagined and reinvigorated. Moderated by Fiona McCann, editor-in-chief of Portland Monthly

In The Family Chao, Lan Samantha Chang returns with “a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” that explores “family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream” (Jean Kwok). Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town.

“I loved Lan Samantha Chang’s The Family Chao, at once a brilliant reimagining of Dostoevsky and a wholly original and gripping story about the passions, rivalries, and searing pressures that roil a singular immigrant family.”—Jess Walter, author of The Cold Millions

From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. A New York Times bestseller, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.

“Silvia Moreno-Garcia goes from strength to strength. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is my favorite of her novels so far—a gothic tour de force with characters who will keep you glued to the page, and a series of satisfying, surprising riffs on Wells’s original story.”—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble

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