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 Nine

I started work the next morning. It was a misty day, with lacy strands of fog coiling about the trees. Gu Ma was sitting in the back of her beloved DeSoto eating a pear while her driver cleaned a splat of bird droppings from the windshield. When she saw me she locked the door.

“Good morning, Gu Ma, I thought I would ride with you.”

She rolled up the window halfway. “It wouldn’t do for you to come with me—my workers would think I was playing favorites.

Don’t look upset, I told your brother the same thing: It’s a privilege to work from the bottom to the top.