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Feeding Ghosts

by Tessa Hulls

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Book of the Day, NPR · January 1, 2026

'Feeding Ghosts' is a graphic memoir grappling with generational trauma

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Book of the Day, NPR · March 21, 2024

'Feeding Ghosts' is a graphic memoir grappling with generational trauma

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A graphic memoir reexamining Hulls' matriarchal lineage, tracing her grandmother Sun Yi's experiences as a dissident journalist in Shanghai who faced intense political persecution during the Chinese Communist Revolution, and exploring how that trauma cast a shadow over generations of their family, as well as themes of Chinese history, generational love, and healing.

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