"In "Auntland, " a steady stream of aunts adjust to American life by sneaking surreptitious kisses from women at temple, buying tubs of strawberry ice-cream to prepare for citizenship tests, and hatching plans to name their daughter "Dog." In "The Chorus of Dead Cousins, " ghost-cousins cross space, seas, and skies to haunt their live-cousin, wife to a storm-chaser. In "Xífù, " a mother-in-law tortures a wife in increasingly unsuccessful attempts to rid the house of her. In "Mariela, " two girls explore one another's bodies for the first time while in "Virginia Slim, " a woman from a cigarette ad comes to life. And in "Resident Aliens, " a former slaughterhouse serves as a residence to a series of widows, each harboring her own calamitous secrets"--
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