Mother Ghost Mango Seed (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2026
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Paperback. Set in Thailand from 1976 to the present, Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a haunting yet hopeful exploration of grief, motherhood, and cultural identity With pathos and swift, transporting prose, Natalie Gregory reveals a version of Thailand rich with counterculture, protest, and the lingering ghosts of those erased from collective memory Aube Rey Lescure, Womens Prize shortlisted author of River East, River WestMother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a brilliant and richly imagined debut. Gregory writes beautifully about motherhood, loneliness and the clash of family and politics Luan Goldie, Womens Prize longlisted author of Nightingale PointThis book is not read, it is imbibed through gorgeous descriptions of food and rituals that bring Thailand's political and cultural history to the fore. Motherhood and grief are treated like the mysteries they are, as are repressed desires and their costs. This is an unforgettable read' Fauzia Musa, The Strangling Fig****A single thread can unravel a web of secrets Lin returns from England to Bangkok to care for her dying mother. In the city, pro-democracy protestors clash with the military government and ambitious new king. And among all this, Lins mother dies.Numbed at the wake and feeling like a stranger in her home country, Lin tries to cook her mothers favourite dish, but her mothers recipes are all missing, and in their place is an old political leaflet which everyone refuses to translate. Lonely and intrigued, Lin sets off with her baby to the Thai countryside in search of answers.As she discovers herself and her culture, Lin quickly finds that tugging at a single thread can unravel a web of secrets held for decades, driving away loved ones, breaking cultural taboos, and uncovering dreadful truths behind a devastating political past.**** Set in Thailand from 1976 to the present, Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a haunting yet hopeful exploration of grief, motherhood, and cultural identity Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Mother Ghost Mango Seed (Paperback)
- Author
- Natalie Gregory
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, London
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0008680949
- ISBN 13
- 9780008680947
Set in Thailand from 1976 to the present, Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a haunting yet hopeful exploration of grief, motherhood, and cultural identity
‘With pathos and swift, transporting prose, Natalie Gregory reveals a version of Thailand rich with counterculture, protest, and the lingering ghosts of those erased from collective memory’ Aube Rey Lescure, Women’s Prize shortlisted author of River East, River West
‘Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a brilliant and richly imagined debut. Gregory writes beautifully about motherhood, loneliness and the clash of family and politics’ Luan Goldie, Women’s Prize longlisted author of Nightingale Point
‘This book is not read, it is imbibed through gorgeous descriptions of food and rituals that bring Thailand's political and cultural history to the fore. Motherhood and grief are treated like the mysteries they are, as are repressed desires and their costs. This is an unforgettable read' Fauzia Musa, The Strangling Fig
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Lin has come back to Bangkok to say goodbye to her dying mother. But when the funeral is over, she finds she cannot leave. Not yet. In the days that follow, grief makes everything strange: her mother’s recipes have vanished, replaced by a political leaflet Lin does not understand, and rumours of a ghost begin to pull her deeper into the past.
As Lin begins to search for the woman her mother once was, she is drawn into a buried history stretching back to 1970s Thailand – a history of idealism, violence, betrayal and loss. Across Bangkok and the country beyond, through kitchens, temples and old family homes, the story of her mother’s life slowly comes into focus. A story not only of the devoted mother Lin knew, but of a young student shaped by political upheaval, friendship and first love.
Tender, haunting and full of emotional precision, Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a novel about inheritance and erasure, about a daughter’s longing to know the mother she thought she had already lost, and the ways private lives are shaped by public history. It is a story of silence, survival and what it means to come home.
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About the Author
Natalie Gregory, like her protagonist, had a Thai mother. It was the accidental disposal of Natalie’s mother’s recipes, shortly after her mother passed away, which eventually inspired the novel’s inciting incident. With a BA in English and History and an MSc in International Politics, Natalie has made a career out of writing for others, including as a speechwriter, but her passion has always been fiction. Her short story, ‘A Bowl of Soup’, was published in Together in the UK’s anthology, Hear our Stories by Victorina Press in August 2023. This story also won the Creative Writing NZ flash fiction competition and was shortlisted for the Exeter Short Story Prize. Natalie lives in Buckinghamshire.
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