A review by foomple
The House of Aunts by Zen Cho

4.0

I absolutely loved this story, and I loved the way the author's use of English gives the reader a sense of the --I've never had a good word for this-- the "mental mouth-feel"(?) of Malay as a language.

This tale includes so many great ingredients: gender, Southeast Asia, a little romance, a lot of family, and the vengeful returned dead; what's not to love? Thank you Moon for recommending it!
CW:

emotional abandonment of a kid by her parents in response to pregnancy; deaths in childbirth; also, while the appropriateness of the term "cannibalism" could be debated, there is certainly the hunting and eating of humans --though I promise it's a more heartwarming story than all that makes it sound...

You can read it here.