Pre-Owned The Ghost Bride (Hardcover) by Yangsze Choo

from LiteraryFeline

I knew at first sight I had to read this book. The cover is beautiful and the description of what lie between its pages promised an intriguing story. True to expectation, I was smitten from the first page. I fell in love with the writing and Li Lan and her Amah and Mr. Wong. I was just as eager t...

from Pattymclpn

This is mostly a supernatural story with the main character being Li Lan's soul. Li Lan's soul or spirit travels back in time before she was born to find out her history and who she really is. This is a supernatural phenomena kind of story. Li Lan meets many interesting people on her journey. She...

from booklovers2

Very Interesting! - I thought WOW what an imagination! However, after the end of the story, there was an explanation by the author on Chinese beliefs of death and after life and all I can say is WOW! Definitely not my normal genre but Very interesting and engaging story with such detail that I im...

from bookczuk

I found this book intriguing, not so much for the actual story, but for the descriptions of life and afterlife in colonial Malaysia. Though I had a major in Asian studies, in my life before becoming a nurse, I hadn't retained much about the beliefs of Chinese afterlife (at least in the time perio...

from fyrefly98

Summary: Ever since her mother died from smallpox and her father retreated from society, Li Lan has been largely isolated from the world of colonial Malaysia, not to mention people her own age. So when her father mentions that she has received a marriage proposal, she is surprised... but then she...