8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

At the Golden Sunset retirement home, an obituarist listens to elderly Ms. Mook recount her extraordinary life. She claims to have been a slave, escape-artist, murderer, terrorist, spy, lover, and mother, with adventures spanning WWII Indonesia, the Korean War, and the Cold War. The obituarist is skeptical, wondering if these varied and unbelievable tales can truly belong to one woman. This novel explores love, war, deceit, and the trickery needed to survive.