Fresh Girls and Other Stories by Evelyn Lau [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
02 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories
A stark collection of 10 stories, mostly about a desperate young woman trapped in a life of prostitution, drugs, and sexual abuse.
Author Evelyn Lau, a teenage runaway who...
At 14, Evelyn Lau was an honors student, the dutiful daughter of a strict, traditional Chinese family. Lau’s parents cannot understand her obsession to become a writer; being published in literary magazines and winning awards only...