Author Hanna Alkaf’s latest YA book, The Hysterical Girls Of St Bernadette’s, opens on a drowsy afternoon at a prestigious all-girls secondary school in Kuala Lumpur that appears ordinary ... until the screams begin.
Screaming schoolgirls are a familiar sight in this region, with Malaysia often called “the mass hysteria capital of the world”. Yet, the lingering question remains: Why does this keep happening?
