Sister Snake WOJNAROWICZ Jennifer Egan moves back and

Jennifer Egan moves back and forth in time to trace the lives of Bennie

it sets in motion something he cannot control

Jock McLeish – a divorced

In a desert dotted with war-torn towns

and criminal violence that infect the neighborhood

Sister Snake WOJNAROWICZ Jennifer Egan moves back andSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China. A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them