I will never forget the first time I read Jenny Zhang I was stunned moved &
- quite frankly
- a little jealous' Lena Dunham These seven startling stories of family femininity sexuality & otherness will plunge you into the tender & chaotic hearts of narrators you won't easily forget Centred on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China & Taiwan for the constant struggle of life on the poverty line in 1990s New York City the stories that make up Sour Heart examine the many ways that family & history can weigh us down but also lift us up From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother's role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends & she begins to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire & destroy these vibrant raw & powerful stories illuminate the complex & messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves Fuelled by Jenny Zhang's singular voice & sly humour Sour Heart introduces a bright new force in literary fiction