Talking About Books-- Maggie; or, a man and woman walk into a bar

Join us as we discuss Maggie; or, a man and woman walk into a bar by Katie Yee. Summary: A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie. A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out the pain in her breast isnt just heartbreak--its cancer. She decides to call the tumor Maggie. Unfolding in fragments over the course of the ensuing months, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar follows the narrator as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation. She starts talking to Maggie (the tumor) , getting acquainted with her bodys new inhabitant. She overgenerously creates a Guide to My Husband: A Users Manual for Maggie (the other woman) , hoping to ease the process of discovering her ex-husbands whims and quirks. She turns her childrens bedtime stories into retellings of Chinese folklore passed down by her own mother, in an attempt to make them fall in love with their shared culture--and to maybe save herself in the process-- Provided by publisher.