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Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . . Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow. Her ...

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'It reminds me of Where the Crawdads Sing . . . an amazing book' Rhys Stephenson'You won't be able to put this one down!' Reese WitherspoonThey say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us...In 1930s coloni...

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'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usua...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | REESE BOOK CLUB PICK | BBC BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ 'It reminds me of Where the Crawdads Sing . . . it's an amazing book' Rhys Stephenson on BBC's Between the Covers 'You won&apos...

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Now a Netflix Mandarinoriginal drama!From theNew York Timesbestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reeses Book Club pickYangsze Choos stunning debut,The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue...

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The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club PickINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"e;A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world."e; -Kirkus (starred review)An utterly transporting novel set in...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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The Night Tiger draws us into a world of servants and masters, ancient superstition and modern ambition, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. But anchoring this dazzlingly ambitious, propulsive novel is the intimate coming of age of a boy and a gir...

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"Beware: once you start, you may not be able to put it down!" - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of Independence and The Last Queen An utterly original, dazzling novel about a mother seeking revenge, a nameless dead body looking for a ...

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Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Manchuria, 1908.In the last years of the dying ...

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This program is read by the author."e;Choo narrates this richly complex novel herself, her gorgeous writing delivered in a voice that is deep and precise and lovely. . . . Her tone and words transport us."e; -San Francisco Chronicle on The...

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Smart, vivacious 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 th...

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"Manchuria, 1908. In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome me...

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A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama premiering January 2020! Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition -...

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'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio'Irresistible' Sunday TimesSome people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . ....

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A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. They say a tiger that devours...

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»Eines Abends fragte mich mein Vater, ob ich die Braut eines Geistes werden wolle ...« Malaya 1893. Die 17-jährige Li Lan aus gutem, aber verarmten Hause erhält einen ungewöhnlichen Antrag: Sie soll den kürzlich verstorbenen Sohn der wohlhabenden ...

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