Monstress

6 best books like Monstress (Lysley Tenorio): On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays, The Kite of Stars and Other Stories, Gun Dealers' Daughter, Leche, Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
AuthorOcean Vuong
ISBN0525562028
Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's...
I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
AuthorBassey Ikpi
ISBN0062894781
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.

Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma...
AuthorDean Francis Alfar
ISBN9712719233
The [over] price that I paid for this book is so worth it . You see, I ended up buying the last "almost damaged, but not as a sale item" copy on a kind-of high-end bookstore, because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find another copy. But DFA made that Php xx5 amount I paid for the book worth it!!

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Gun Dealers' Daughter
AuthorGina Apostol
ISBN0393062945
A young woman pieces together her troubled past in this story of rebellion and romance set in the Marcos-era Philippines.

Soon after she leaves home for university in Manila, Soledad Soliman (Sol) transforms herself from bookish rich girl to communist rebel. But is her allegiance to the principles...
AuthorR. Zamora Linmark
ISBN1566892546
After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country’s spotlight-driven...
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories
AuthorMay-lee Chai
ISBN0932112765
In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations,...
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