The Conjoined
by Jen Sookfong Lee
Publisher: ECW Press
Book Description
While sorting through her recently deceased mother’s belongings, social worker Jessica Campbell makes a shocking discovery—two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who briefly lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng—troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away. As Jessica learns more about Casey, Jamie, and their parents, she also unearths dark stories about her mother.
Author Bio
Author and radio personality Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised on Vancouver’s East Side, where she now lives with her son. Her books include The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, The End of East, and Shelter.