Fishbone Cinderella (gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy)

Fishbone Cinderella (gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy)

Author: Elizabeth Lim Listening Length: 15h 24m
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A gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy novel about a family curse across generations from the bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes. Perfect for fans of Axie Oh, Sue Lynn Tan, and Samantha Shannon! A bracelet. A curse. And golden fishbones to be returned to the sea. . . Guangdong, 1940. When Ha Yut Yin...

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Chapter Six

Hong Kong

Baba wasn’t at the pier.

I shouldn’t have been disappointed, but after three days of traveling elbow to elbow with my brother—first from Tunglam to Guangzhou, where we had a half-hearted reunion with my uncles, all thin and gray like the cigarettes affixed to their mouths; then on to a Hong Kong–bound steamboat so crowded that in spite of the open-air decks I couldn’t even glimpse the sea—I had indulged in fantasies of Baba’s coming to fetch us.

I pictured his arms full of iced gem biscuits, maybe even a soda. I’d never had a soda before.