They Bloom at Night

"In They Bloom at Night, Trang Thanh Tran writes about monsters real and imagined with luminous language, a rich sense of place (haunted Louisiana waters) and nonbinary and trans kids as compelling personalities. The tale they tell is infused with memories and myths from Vietnamese culture. Readers come away believing that an ability for gritty transformation – to create our own strengths, to find our genuine selves, to take revenge where necessary and to love well wherever possible – is within reach of all of us."