My grandmother used to tell me supernatural stories like this. It's intertwined into my culture. And I always have loved them, albeit with a sense of fear and excitement. My heartbeat would increase and I'd hear bumps in the night. I was reminded again of this forgotten bit of my childhood by the Hundred Secret Senses.

Olivia Yee has a half-sister who sees ghosts from another time. Through them, she gives Olivia advice and warnings about love, marriage and everything else.

I talk more about why I like many of Amy Tan's books in The Kitchen God's Wife.

Released on Sunday, April 13, 2003 at released to fellow BookCrosser in Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia.

Released some weeks ago at local BC meet.

returned to me from fellow bookcrosser.