THE WOO-WOO

Copyright © 2018 by Lindsay Wong

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Edited by Shirarose Wilensky

Copy edited by Doretta Lau

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication:

Wong, Lindsay, 1987-, author

   The woo-woo : how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demons, and my crazy Chinese family / Lindsay Wong.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-55152-736-9 (softcover).--ISBN 978-1-55152-737-6 (HTML)

   1. Wong, Lindsay, 1987-. 2. Wong, Lindsay, 1987- —Childhood and youth. 3. Wong, Lindsay, 1987- —Family. 4. Wong, Lindsay, 1987- —Mental health. 5. Chinese Canadians—British Columbia—Vancouver—Biography. 6. Psychoses—Patients—British Columbia—Vancouver—Biography. 7. Psychoses—Patients—Family relationships—British Columbia—Vancouver. I. Title.

RC512.W65 2018

616.890092

C2018-901954-9

C2018-901955-7