Lindsay Wong's first book, the memoir The Woo-Woo, is a darkly comic story of her dysfunctional family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons. In the latest episode of the CBC Books' Why I Write, the debut author talks about why she hopes her book will lead to more discussions about mental illness.

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