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

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

Author: Elizabeth Lim Listening Length: 15h 24m

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 Twenty-One

I hid the money under the bottom drawer of my dresser. Altogether, with every coin I’d been able to pinch and stash away from Gu Ma’s clutches, I had nearly two thousand dollars. A small fortune saved up over five long years.

Going back to the mainland was unthinkable, but if Lily and I changed our names and were careful about whom we trusted, this money could be enough to start a new life in Hong Kong.

Over the next month, we set a date and plotted every detail, from the cost of ferry tickets to Kowloon to where I’d buy hats and trousers to disguise us as young men. But the weekend we were to run away, Lily didn’t come home.

“Where’s Lily?” I asked my father.