<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Psychoses — Patients — British Columbia — Vancouver — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Psychoses — Patients — British Columbia — Vancouver — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/westvanlibrary/rss/search?query=%22Psychoses%20%E2%80%94%20Patients%20%E2%80%94%20British%20Columbia%20%E2%80%94%20Vancouver%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:06:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Woo-Woo]]></title><description><![CDATA["In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on anti-psychotic meds. Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the "woo-woo"-Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo's sinister effects; at the age of six, she found herself living in the food court of her suburban mall, which her mother saw as a safe haven because they could hide there from dead people, and on a camping trip, her mother tried to light Lindsay's foot on fire to rid her of the woo-woo. The eccentricities take a dark turn, however, when her aunt, suffering from a psychotic breakdown, holds the city of Vancouver hostage for eight hours when she threatens to jump off a bridge. And when Lindsay herself starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family. On one hand a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience, and on the other a harrowing and honest depiction of the vagaries of mental illness, The Woo-Woo is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself."--]]></description><link>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C1932706</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C1932706</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wong, Lindsay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1932706074</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781551527376/MC.GIF&amp;client=westp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Woo-woo]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the 'woo-woo' -- Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo's sinister effects; at the age of six, she found herself living in the food court of her suburban mall, which her mother saw as a safe haven because they could hide there from dead people, and on a camping trip, her mother tried to light Lindsay's foot on fire to rid her of the woo-woo. The eccentricities take a dark turn, however, when her aunt, suffering from a psychotic breakdown, holds the city of Vancouver hostage for eight hours when she threatens to jump off a bridge. And when Lindsay herself starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family. On one hand a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience, and on the other a harrowing and honest depiction of the vagaries of mental illness, The Woo-Woo is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself."--Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C1917656</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C1917656</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wong, Lindsay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1917656074</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781551527369/MC.GIF&amp;client=westp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>