{"product_id":"feeding-ghosts","title":"Feeding Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MEMOIR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOKS CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 ANISFIELD WOLF PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKIRKUS NONFICTION PRIZE FINALIST, LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL, SHORTLISTED FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Forbes\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR\u003cem\u003e, Minnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e LitHub\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Chicago Public Library\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Feeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us how much the personal is political . . . an audacious, awe-inspiring feat. For me, it was an essential read.\" —Ling Ma, author of \u003cem\u003eBliss Montage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn astonishing, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women, exploring love, grief, exile, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her acclaimed graphic memoir debut, Tessa Hulls traces the reverberations of Chinese history across three generations of women in her family. Tessa’s grandmother, Sun Yi, was a Shanghai journalist swept up by the turmoil of the 1949 Communist victory. After fleeing to Hong Kong, she wrote a bestselling memoir about her persecution and survival—then promptly had a mental breakdown from which she never recovered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up with Sun Yi, Tessa watches both her mother and grandmother struggle beneath the weight of unexamined trauma and mental illness, and bolts to the most remote corners of the globe. But once she turns thirty, roaming begins to feel less like freedom and more like running away. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Tessa’s homecoming, a vivid, heartbreaking journey into history that exposes the fear and trauma that haunt generations, and the love that holds them together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deep, illuminating dive into Chinese history, mental illness, and inherited trauma.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Thi Bui, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Best We Could Do\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with compelling characters and haunting illustrations . . . [\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e] is a chronicle of journeys made by the author’s grandmother and mother from Suzhou and Shanghai to St. Paul, Minn., and the San Francisco Bay Area.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Robert Ito, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Revelatory . . . [Hulls's] graphic memoir traces, with devastating emotional acuity, the line between the history of China under Mao Zedong—a stretch of nearly unfathomable death and political upheaval—and the ghosts of her family’s past that she eventually unearthed . . . Hulls’ book is a breathtaking portrait of this lineage of trauma. Enlivened by her hauntingly vivid drawings, in which the past is often a surrealist, spectral presence constantly intruding upon the present.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Brandon Yu, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A multigenerational story packed with drama, intrigue and heartbreak . . . A triumph of comics storytelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Paul Constant, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“While \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts \u003c\/em\u003ebelongs to a long tradition of subgenre-defining graphic nonfiction including \u003cem\u003eFun Home \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e, Hulls’s narrative voice is uniquely captivating because she combines her cartoonist quirkiness with both a fine artist’s eye for page composition and a willingness to dive into dense subject matter without grasping for easy closure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Martin Dolan, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Detailed, vulnerable, [and] harrowing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From start to finish, this book is a revelation . . . A work that glimmers with insight, acumen, and an unwillingness to settle for simple answers.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hulls’s epic, elegantly etched graphic memoir debut tangles with trauma’s long tentacles as she follows three generations of her family from Mao’s China to Hong Kong in the 1960s and eventually to contemporary Northern California . . . The result is a revelatory work as layered as the history it explores.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts \u003c\/em\u003eswallows you up in swirling eddies of ink. A visual jungle gym with the iconography of David B., the journalistic thoroughness of Joe Sacco (I learned so much), the intellect of Alison Bechdel, and a vulnerable heart completely unique to Tessa Hulls. I loved it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Craig Thompson, author of \u003cem\u003eBlankets \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHabibi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With incandescent imagery and prose, Tessa Hulls excavates the incredible, sweeping story of her matrilineal lineage, wrestling with the ways in which her family’s ghosts, experiences with mental illness, and loneliness reverberate across generations. A striking, gorgeous memoir from a spectacular talent, \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e will linger with readers for years to come.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kat Chow, author of \u003cem\u003eSeeing Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This riveting personal story, beautifully rendered in words and drawings, probes into three generations of women haunted by war, revolution, dislocation and not belonging. With breathtaking determination, the author\/artist confronts her own fears across time, history and place, from Shanghai, London, San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere—even Antarctica. \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts \u003c\/em\u003ewill haunt you; I could not put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Helen Zia, author of \u003cem\u003eLast Boat out of Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like an archaeologist of the unspeakable, Tessa Hulls carefully excavates her complicated relationship with her mother and grandmother, digging through layers of secrecy, silence, and personal identity, disentangling her family history from the horrors of the Sino-Japanese War, Maoist China and colonialist power structures. The sentence you just read is a dry and clichéd attempt at suggesting the astonishing depth and power of \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, which, frankly, is the greatest graphic memoir I have ever read. This book taught me things. This book made me cry. This book gave me hope.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jason Lutes, author of \u003cem\u003eBerlin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is not just an epic, deeply personal excavation of China’s traumatic recent history. It is also an exacting investigation into the nuts-and-bolts dynamics of intergenerational trauma, the way voices from the past tell their stories again and again in our bodies and our lives until we finally hear them clearly. A massive and moving achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Ash Blum, author of \u003cem\u003eRanger Games\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Can something be monumentally vulnerable? This big book is—it is a searing history of the most private deformations to three generations of women in one small family, set smack in the operatic context of the convulsions that racked China in the 20th century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kay Ryan, former United States Poet Laureate and MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is a tremendous achievement—a fierce and artful recounting of generational and historical trauma, and a tale of mothers and daughters that is rife with hard-won wisdom and surprising humor. Feeding Ghosts is a rare thing, a graphic memoir that would be a great memoir even without the graphics. This book is a demonstration of how closed hearts can be opened.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Rock, author of \u003cem\u003ePassersthrough\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As a geeky connoisseur of graphic novels, this beautiful, powerful memoir is now my all-time favorite. Magical, authentic, and personal, \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates both the love and pain that endures across generations. When I finished this book, I wiped my tears and ordered three more copies to give away.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jamie Ford, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Many Daughters of Afong Moy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A visual and literary masterpiece. This graphic memoir’s gripping intergenerational and transcultural narrative combines with Hulls’s striking graphics and careful research to serve as a testament to the power, joy, and agony of living between worlds. Downright unputdownable, \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts \u003c\/em\u003eis a tour de force and a triumph of a debut!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Melody Moezzi, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rumi Prescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant, profound accomplishment, and provides a vivid account of how trauma is passed down through generations. Merging history, memoir, travel writing, psychology, and comics, \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is an arresting and transformative blueprint for navigating personal and intergenerational healing. It is a must-read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Anne Liu Kellor, author of \u003cem\u003eHeart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is an artistic and intellectual tour de force. Part mémoire, part history, it is a lesson in intentional graphic storytelling in which people are simultaneously rooted and unstuck in time and space. As profound and dark as Art Spiegelman, as mortal and relatable as Marjane Satrapi, as authentic and folksy as Li Kunwu, her artistry sews together country and family, trauma and revolution, feeling and analysis. The result is not only an expedition into Tess Hulls' family past, but also the humanity within history, the need to negotiate with the past, and the legacies of trauma within us all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Trevor Getz, author of \u003cem\u003eAbina and the Important Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I savored every page of \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e. The inking is gorgeous, the history is clear and digestible (while also being devastating), and it threads the line between honesty and compassion that I appreciate so much in any memoir, but especially one dealing with family. Shelve it with \u003cem\u003eMaus, Fun Home, Persepolis \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Best We Could Do\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Maia Kobabe, author of \u003cem\u003eGender Queer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book of immaculate courage and hard-won healing. \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is a magic trick of a memoir, managing to be both sparse and expansive in its exploration of inherited trauma, the weight of cultural expectation and the limitations of language to explain where and what hurts. This knotty family story demands dexterous hands and a vulnerable heart in bending propulsive prose into poignant art; Tessa Hulls is the rare artist-writer who brilliantly pulls this off.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Putsata Reang, author of \u003cem\u003eMa and Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e reads like an allegorical fever dream. It's a brilliant story of a mother, daughter, and granddaughter, as they defy historical silences and generational trauma to carve their own paths in the world, both toward and away from each other. Every inch of Tessa Hulls's graphic memoir is a beautiful feast, from the lines on the page to the art on the pages.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Asale Angel-Ajani, author of \u003cem\u003eA Country You Can Leave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Generous, raw, meticulous; I absolutely loved this book. Every page ripples with ink, but nothing in the telling is black and white. Tessa Hulls careens through time to knit the hopes and horrors of her family’s history into a tale humming with emotion, symbolism, and insight. Intractable traumas melt and transform under her brush. Feeding Ghosts shows us that we needn’t be consumed by the past, but if we’re willing to face its complexity, we each have the capacity to transform it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lucy Bellwood, author and illustrator of \u003cem\u003e100 Demon Dialogues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaggywrinkles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is visually and verbally stunning. I could identify with so many aspects of Hulls’s story, and found her rendering of her story to be truly original. The illustrations are capacious in scope and vision. In their black and white jaggedness, they evoke a wide and deep history, story, and heart. Hulls’s text is steely, clean, and at times, humorous, as she describes lovingly all the beautiful people in her life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Victoria Chang, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Trees Witness Everything \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDear Memory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Both epic and intimate, Tessa Hulls' \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathing testament to the power of discovery through art, not just of the self but of family, language, and history. In unearthing the ghosts of Mao's devastating impact on the psyches of her mother and grandmother, we witness Hulls come to terms with her own demons through indelible words and images that demonstrate the unique power of the graphic novel form. \u003cem\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to inspire many of us to examine our own pasts, and the generations of lives that formed our beings.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Meredith Talusan, author of \u003cem\u003eFairest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eTessa Hulls \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis an artist, writer, and adventurer whose restlessness has carried her to all seven continents. 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