"Shelley Parker-Chan's genre-bending debut novel follows Zhu, a young girl who escapes her famine-ridden village in 14th century China and takes refuge in a monastery. She assumes the identity of her dead brother, determined to not only live but make something great of herself, in a brutal, war-ravaged world. There's so much to like about this novel: the epic plot, the sensuous romance, the exploration of gender and exploration — the fact that it's a queer, fantasy-tinged reimagining of the founding of the Ming dynasty. I was dazzled." — Maggie Ryan, assistant editor, Fitness
Read the book: She Who Became the Sun ($20) by Shelley Parker-Chan