The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

A Novel

De: Jamie Ford

Narrado por: Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus, Sura Siu, Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Jamie Ford

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick

The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in “one of the most beautiful books of motherhood and what we pass on to those that come after us” (Jenna Bush Hager, Today).

Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living.

As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has come to haunt her. Fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help.

Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in China serving with the Flying Tigers; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app; and Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America.

As the painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn’t the only thing she’s inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period—a stranger who’s loved her through all of her genetic memories. Can Dorothy break the cycle of pain and abandonment to finally find peace for her daughter and love for herself? Or will she end up paying the ultimate price?

“For Jamie Ford fans both old and new, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is an unmitigated pleasure” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and a lyrical love story unlike any other.

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"With all of the ideas spinning around here, Ford never loses sight of the human lives and emotions at stake. It’s a bravura writing performance, aided by a stellar cast whose reading never fails to make Ford’s words count." (Alan Rosenberg)

"Even author Jamie Ford gets in on the act in this audiobook as she narrates aspects of epigenetics and how it explains the parallels between the daughter and generations of women in her family. Other cast members help listeners follow the complex story by differentiating the characters and their many inherited traumas. Characters living in varying historical settings include Lai King, who is trying to escape the Black Death in 1892, portrayed by Sura Siu, and Afong Moy, America’s first female Chinese immigrant, who is living and performing in a sideshow, portrayed by Emily Woo Zeller."

A great book

Took me a while to get into it & sometimes it was all confusing.
But in the end it all came together quite satisfactorily.
Really liked it!

Engrossing!

This book is so complex, multi-layered, well written and engrossing 😘. My book group just finished it.

WOW! I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t stop listening!

This is the first book from this author that I’ve listened to but I loved it. I love all of Lisa See’s books so I somehow found this one. It feels similar to her books but different. It was well written. He did a great job of transitioning between stories. I was always wanting more of one story when the next would come on then I wanted more of that story too! At the end everything came together very nicely. 10/10 It was great!

Past present future

When you open a book and on the first page know you’re hooked, it’s good.

When you finish the last page and want to read everything that inspired it, it’s great.

Beautiful Story

Mr. Ford does a beautiful job once again. Heart wrenching yet mind provoking. Would make a great movie!

Beautiful multi generational story

This is a beautiful story of multigenerational women. The collection is very well done and the characters are really engaging. The epilogue is not to be missed. I did the audiobook version and enjoyed it very much

Weird. Difficult to follow

I was surprised I was able to finish this book. It was difficult to follow and boring in some parts. I kept have to replay areas to figure it out.

intriguing

fascinating depiction of inherited trauma and it's effects on subsequent generations. this is a book you need to keep reading as the plot and characters take awhile to develop

Wow, just amazing!

This was my first book by Jamie Ford. I was expecting something different, more along the lines of Lisa See or Amy Tan, and it surprised me...pleasantly! What also surprised me was that as a male author, he told the story from a woman's point of view very well, so relatable. I really loved this book, I thought the subject matter was fascinating! The story involving epigenetics told in a fictional format based on a real-life person at the center of the story was very creative. I found the characters intriguing, they pulled me in and couldn't stop listening!

Loved this book

This book was awesome. I loved how they connected and the stories of each woman were beautiful. Most traffic but beautiful. Highly recommend.