Sights + Sounds: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier's novel 'Off the Books'

In the new novel “Off the Books,” a young, Chinese-American woman works an underground job in The Town. She chauffeurs mysterious people to their destinations. No questions asked. But she has a lot of questions for her handsome new client. He needs a ride across the country to transport a huge, black suitcase. What’s in the bag is a mystery. “Off the Books” is the debut novel by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier. Soma is the former San Francisco Library Laureate and she’s now a creative writing professor at SUNY (State University of New York) at Oswego. KALW’s Jenee Darden spoke with Soma about themes of family, grief and romance on “The Sights + Sounds Show.” Here’s an excerpt of that interview.