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 Twenty-Seven

A sickness fell upon me. For days, I burned with fever and vomited every time I ate or drank. My body was full of disagreements—I was hot yet cold, my head light as water while the rest of me was weighed down like an anchor. I sank into the bed, certain that I might never rise again.

Gu Ma sent for Dr. Wong. One niece’s ghost haunting the house was perilous enough. Two would be a catastrophe.

I became sure that I was carrying Tommy’s child, and in my delirium, I took Dr. Wong for a demon, the very one who’d visited my mother twenty years ago and had murdered her unborn twins. I thrashed at him. I clawed and punched until Gu Ma had to send for help. I wouldn’t let anyone touch me.

At night when I was asleep, in the dark, someone spooned soup into my mouth, so bitter that I tried to spit it out.