Now a Netflix original drama!
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a
Reese's Book Club pick, Yangsze Choo's stunning debut, The Ghost
Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore,
romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.
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.