Author: Jen Sookfong Lee

Jen is an acquaintance of Pat’s; they met while Pat was volunteering at a writer’s workshop at UBC many years ago. I’ve read other books by the three members of the SPiN writer group. I read Jen’s first novel many years ago and I enjoyed it but this one is much, much better.

The novel is set in Vancouver (all the places are familiar) but it could be set anywhere. The story is about the disappearance of two young girls who are in foster care with what would seem like the ideal foster family. But when the mother dies, a gruesome discovery is made by her husband and daughter. The story goes back and forth between the time of the disappearance and the present day.

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The End of East 

This is my review of Jen’s first book.

We know this author and I was very anxious to read her first published novel. The story is set in Vancouver so the locations were familiar. I could see and hear the characters and, to me, that is the sign of good writing.

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