A Tiny Upward Shove

A haunting tale of vengeance and mercy, inspired by Filipino folklore, that follows a young woman's transformation into a mythical creature after her untimely death. In A Tiny Upward Shove , Melissa Chadburn's ambitious debut novel, Marina Salles's life does not end the day she wakes up dead. Instead, in the course of a moment, she is transformed into the stuff of myth, the stuff of her grandmother's old Filipino stories—an aswang, a creature of mystery and vengeance. She spent her time on earth