The Ghost Bride: Now a Netflix original drama! by SzeChoo Yang

Product description

By the New York Times bestselling author of THE NIGHT TIGER, a selection of Reese's Book Club.

Yangsze Choo's stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists, reminiscent of Lisa See's Peony in Love and Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter.

Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a "ghost bride" for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price?

Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets--and the truth about her own family.

The Ghost Bride is a wondrous coming-of-age story and from a remarkable new voice in fiction.

Review

"Choo's clear and charming style creates an alternate reality where the stakes are just as high as in the real world, combining grounded period storytelling with the supernatural."--Publishers Weekly

"Choo's remarkably strong and arresting first novel...is sure to garner much well-deserved attention."--Booklist

"Choo's fascinating debut . . . rich in Chinese folklore, mores and the supernatural...intriguing and enlightening. A haunting debut."--Kirkus Reviews

"Li Lan's odyssey keeps her on the brink of earthly demise and keeps the reader riveted to the page . . ."--New York Journal of Books

"Delicate and thought-provoking . . . sure to be a hit with supernatural and historical fiction fans alike."--Library Journal

"Unlike any book I've ever experienced, with its meld of historical fiction coupled with a fascinating culture, murder mystery, the wandering of spirits of the dead and not-so-dead, romance, and adventures in the afterworld . . . one revelatory experience after another."--Bookreporter.com

"Captivating epic . . . [this] impressive first novel takes readers on one of the wildest rides since Alice fell down the rabbit hole."--San Jose Mercury News

About the Author

Yangsze Choo is a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. She lives in California with her husband and their two children, and loves to eat and read (often at the same time).

Product details

UK Edition

Paperback: 400 pages

Publisher: Hot Key Books (1 Aug. 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1471400794

ISBN-13: 978-1471400797

Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

Customer reviews: 4.2 out of 5 stars687 customer ratings

US Edition

Paperback: 360 pages

Publisher: William Morrow & Company; Reprint edition (5 Aug. 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780062227331

ISBN-13: 978-0062227331

ASIN: 0062227335

Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 13.5 x 20.3 cm

Customer reviews: 4.2 out of 5 stars687 customer ratings