Description The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world." -- Kirkus (starred review) An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother\'s Mahjong debts.
She loves to eat and read, and often does both at the same time..
Yangsze lives in California with her husband, two children, and a potential rabbit.
The Ghost Bride , set in colonial Malaya and the elaborate Chinese world of the afterlife, is about a peculiar historic custom called a spirit marriage.
After graduating from Harvard University, she worked as a management consultant and at a startup before writing her first novel.
Due to a childhood spent in various countries, she can eavesdrop (badly) in several languages.
A transcendent story of courage and connection." -- Booklist (starred review) About the Author Yangsze Choo is a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent.
Astoundingly captivating and striking... "A work of incredible beauty...
But anchoring this dazzling, propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible.
Yangsze Choo\'s The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love.
Ji Lin and Ren\'s increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes.
As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers.
Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master\'s soul will wander the earth forever.
Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master\'s dying wish: that Ren find the man\'s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body.
But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for.
Description The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world." -- Kirkus (starred review) An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother\'s Mahjong debts
