The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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"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. 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.
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. Ren has 49 days to do so,
or his master's soul will wander the earth forever.
As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks
the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. Ji Lin
and Ren's increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush
plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes.
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. 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.
A work of incredible beauty... Astoundingly captivating and
striking... A transcendent story of courage and connection. --Booklist
(starred review)
