Laird Hunt‘ s Zorrie: A Novel is set against a harsh, gorgeous, quintessentially American landscape, and spans Zorrie Underwood’s entire lifetime. It’s a life convulsed and transformed by the events of the 20th century and then, after finding love and community, a discovery that her trials have only begun. In Sabina Murray‘ s The Human Zoo, Filipino American Christina “Ting” Klein travels from New York to Manila to escape her imminent divorce and start researching a book. In the year since her last visit, Procopio “Copo” Gumboc has swept the elections and became president – and Ting soon finds herself confronted by the horrifying realities of Gumboc’s power. And in Sloane Crosley‘ s Cult Classic: A Novel, one night in New York City’s Chinatown a woman at a reunion dinner with former colleagues excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And another. Coincidence? Nothing is quite what it seems in a city full of ghosts of heartbreaks past.