“Unearthing Shadows: Kim Liao Reveals the Haunting Secrets Behind ‘Where Every Ghost Has a Name'”
KL: That’s a great question, and it’s part of why this book took so long to finish. I never could have written this while Granda Anna was alive — we all deferred to her silence and kept it out of respect to her.
In terms of the rest of the family, I asked everyone if they wanted to tell me about the past and listened to what they shared. My dad got emotional, and didn’t want to dig into some of his memories of meeting his father as an adult, and so I didn’t push him. Same with my Aunt Jeanne: anything that felt like it was getting too painful, I didn’t push her for more memories.
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