"Born into a family shaped indelibly by loss, Kat Chow always had an unusual preoccupation with death. As a child, she was plagued by fears of her parents' untimely demise - especially her mother's. A vivacious and mischievous woman, Kat's mother would joke that when she died, she's like to be stuffed and displayed in Kat's future apartment, her taxidermic self always watching over her. This ghostly image would haunt Kat after her mother's unexpected...