Praise for The Night Tiger "A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world.Choo weaves her research in with a feather-light touch, and readers will be so caught up in the natural and supernatural intrigue that the serious themes here about colonialism and power dynamics, about gender and class, are absorbed with equal delicacy." - Kirkus (starred review) "Complex, ambitious.a little bit magical." - Shelf Awareness Praise for The Ghost Bride " full of longing, the pages practically sigh as you turn each one." (Book of the Week) "From whodunit to ghost story to coming-of-age to romance, there is enough plot to fill several more novels. A transcendent story of courage and connection. 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. 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.
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