Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite

Poor Lou Merriwether. She’s doesn’t belong anywhere. As the daughter of an Englishman and a Chinese woman, she’s excluded from both communities in end-of-the-nineteenth century San Francisco. She doesn’t dress like a woman, so those who don’t completely disapprove of her don’t know how to behave around her if they find out that she’s not male. Then there’s her occupation. Lou is a psychopomp. Her job is to make sure that the souls of the departed move on to whatever awaits them on the other side. Lou cannot be easily categorized. In Vermilion, by Molly Tanzer, we see Lou trying to do good on behalf of people who mostly don’t understand her. Still, she stubbornly does the right thing...

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