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A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age account infused with Chinese folklore, affectionate intrigue, trip, and fascinating, dreamlike twists. "One evening, my dad asked me whether I'd like to become a ghost bride-to-be...." Though ruled by English overlords, the China of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient traditions. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound. Li Lan, the little girl of your genteel but bankrupt family, has few potential customers. But fate intervenes when she will get a unique proposal from the rich and powerful Lim family. They need her to become a ghost bride-to-be for the family's only kid, who recently died under inexplicable circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the others of her times, but at an awful price. After an ominous stop by at the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan sees herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims' attractive new heir, Tian Bai. Evening after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, newspaper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy - including the inexplicable Er Lang, a alluring but unstable guardian soul. Li Lan must discover the Lim family's darkest secrets - and the reality about her own family - before she is trapped in this ghostly world permanently.
