'New Skin' and the botched quest for beauty

What happens when you can't recognize your mom anymore? For Linli, the protagonist of the book New Skin , this is her reality: her mom Fanny has gone through so many back-alley plastic surgery procedures, Fanny’s face barely looks human anymore. When Fanny gets the opportunity to go on a reality TV show for the chance to fix her botched face, she jumps at it – and Linli tags along. But what…